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Brianna Lee
What I cover
I focus on making local government and elections accessible. This includes highlighting the ways people can flex their individual power to make change in their communities.
My background
I joined LAist in 2016 and spent four years as the newsroom’s social media lead. Since 2020, I’ve worked with the community engagement team, focusing on building connections between our newsroom and the communities we serve. I’ve helped cover nearly every election throughout my time here: writing voter guides, covering results through our post-election newsletter and personally answering hundreds of voter questions.
My goals
I want to help people better understand how local government works so they can feel empowered to participate in it.
Best way to reach me
Email me at blee@laist.com if you have questions about local government, feedback on our coverage or if you're interested in working with LAist out in your community!
Stories by Brianna Lee
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¿Debería permitirse a los departamentos municipales vender comida? ¿Debería permitirse a la comisión aeroportuaria fijar tarifas para el transporte terrestre en el aeropuerto de Los Ángeles? Este grupo de enmiendas a la carta pretende aclarar y actualizar las normas sobre el funcionamiento de la ciudad.
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¿Debería el Contralor de la Ciudad poder auditar a los contratistas? ¿Deberían los comisionados del puerto ser de vecindarios específicos? Esta mezcolanza de enmiendas a los estatutos tiene como objetivo aclarar las reglas que han causado confusión o establecer nuevas reglas para abordar problemas.
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Evaluating judicial candidates is notoriously hard, but there are a few pieces of information you can look at to help with your decision.
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Should the City Controller be able to audit contractors? Should harbor commissioners be from specific neighborhoods? This hodgepodge of charter amendments is meant to clarify rules that have caused confusion or to set new rules to address problems.
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Should city departments be allowed to sell food? Should the airport commission be allowed to set fees for ground transportation at LAX? This group of charter amendments is meant to clarify and update rules on city operations.
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Current Councilmember Paul Krekorian can’t run again because of term limits. Candidates Jillian Burgos and Adrin Nazarian are facing off for the seat.
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Los Angeles City Council member Heather Hutt is fending off a challenge from Grace Yoo.
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A committee to support Kevin de León's race for reelection is spending money to support three state propositions, but it also helps get his name in front of voters.
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Let’s peer behind the campaign spending curtain to get a sense of those behind-the-scenes battles and the power players funding them.
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Challenger Nathan Hochman has raised five times more money so far than incumbent District Attorney George Gascón.
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We set out to track the money behind opposition mailers for Proposition 33 that landed in our mailbox. Here's what we found.
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Campaigns are in full swing ahead of the Nov. 5 election — who’s spending all that money in Southern California to sway your vote?
