Congresswoman Maxine Waters has spent decades fighting for Los Angeles and communities too often left behind.

Welcome to Los Angeles, Myles Garrett! 🌴☀️🏈

I was proud to join the 10th Annual Central American Youth Leadership Conference, where hundreds of immigrant youth connected with resources, mentors, and opportunities to help shape their futures.

Happy Pride, Los Angeles! 🏳️‍🌈☀️ L.A. shines brightest when everyone has the freedom to be exactly who they are. This Pride Month, we celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, the communities they’ve built, and the joy they bring to our city every day. Wishing everyone a happy Pride!

Some stories can only be told in Los Angeles. Our City brings personality, culture, and authenticity that can’t be replicated anywhere else. Combined with the best crews, talent, and creative professionals in the world, it’s no surprise that creators continue to choose L.A.

As a former Physician Assistant working in emergency rooms, I saw firsthand the many ways people can end up on the streets and the hardships that come with it.

This Jewish American Heritage Month, we celebrate the history, culture, and contributions of Jewish Americans who have helped shape Los Angeles and our nation.

We still have much more work ahead, but this is real progress toward making Los Angeles more affordable and ensuring future generations continue to call this city home.

Today, I signed the City budget for Fiscal Year 2026–27, building on the progress we've made and investing in the work still ahead.

The future of Hollywood depends on more than what happens on set. AB 2319 helps protect the post-production jobs that support California's middle class, from editors and musicians to VFX artists, sound engineers, and countless small businesses.

Since taking office, my focus has been on reversing longstanding trends by reducing homelessness, building more housing, improving public safety, and delivering the basic city services Angelenos rely on.

AB 2319 helps protect good-paying middle-class entertainment jobs in California, including editors, musicians, VFX artists, sound engineers, and the small businesses that support post-production.

I was proud to stand alongside the men and women of the Los Angeles Police Department to honor the 241 LAPD officers who gave their lives in service to our city.

Eid Mubarak to all celebrating this sacred day. Today, I joined Angelenos in recognizing Eid al-Adha, a holiday centered on faith, sacrifice, compassion, and community.

Games for all! These free, family-friendly events at Liberty Park and Seoul International Park will bring neighbors together to celebrate right in the heart of Koreatown while also supporting our local small businesses, restaurants, and residents.

This is your newly revealed Team USA for the FIFA World Cup 2026™ and we’re making sure every Angeleno can be part of this historic moment.

This Memorial Day, we remember and honor the service members who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

Koreatown is one of the cultural hearts of Los Angeles. I loved visiting 📍Haemaru Sullungtang and meeting the owner, Kyungwon Hwang, to celebrate a business rooted in culture, hospitality, and community.

It was great to welcome entrepreneurs, small business owners, and community leaders to the Latino Business Procurement Event as we work to ensure Latino-owned businesses can access the opportunities coming to L.A. for the 2028 Games.

After filming in Canada and New York, Netflix’s “The Night Agent” is bringing its Season 4 production to Los Angeles. Expanded California film tax credits we fought for, combined with our work here in L.A., are helping build momentum to bring productions and entertainment jobs back home.

Dine Latino Week is an opportunity to celebrate the incredible Latino-owned restaurants that shape Los Angeles' culture and community. Go out and support our local small businesses!

When productions choose Los Angeles, it means more paychecks for local crews, more business for neighborhood shops and restaurants, and more opportunities for working families across our city.

Everyone deserves a second chance.

There’s no place in Los Angeles quite like Olvera Street.

I'm fighting every day to bring more productions and good-paying entertainment jobs to Los Angeles, because this industry is not just part of our identity, it's a foundation for our middle class.

My Street Lights Initiative is the largest investment in street lighting infrastructure in Los Angeles’ history and will repair and replace up to 60,000 street lights across our city.

To all of our service members, thank you for your commitment and your service to our nation. L.A. is always proud to welcome you.

It takes innovation, urgency, and cutting red tape to tackle Los Angeles’ housing crisis. This is how we rethink the spaces we already have, speed up housing production, and build a more affordable Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles LGBT Center is a home, a lifeline, and a haven for so many Angelenos, providing life-saving support for people who have too often been marginalized or pushed aside.

The impact of the climate crisis is local. But thankfully, so too are the solutions.

I am so outraged and heartbroken by yesterday’s shooting and murder at the Islamic Center of San Diego. I stand firmly with the Muslim community and condemn this horrific attack.

For decades, the City’s failure to build systems that address homelessness contributed to more and more people living on our streets.

I traveled to Sacramento this week to advocate for critical priorities for Los Angeles. The partnership between the City and State is essential to keeping Los Angeles moving forward and building on the progress we’ve made.

I was honored to join the Los Angeles LGBT Center Gala to recognize an organization that has saved countless lives.

On Thursday, my pilot program was approved to provide a 20% parking discount for film productions at more than 100 City-owned parking lots.

For too long, broken street lights and copper wire theft have left thousands of neighborhoods across Los Angeles in the dark. We’re changing that.

Reducing violence takes more than enforcement alone. That’s why I created L.A.’s first Office of Community Safety — investing in prevention, intervention, and community-based responses that help keep Angelenos safe.

Today, our Inside Safe team is in Boyle Heights working alongside City departments and Caltrans to bring people inside.

Returning to the State Capitol is always meaningful to me. Before serving as Mayor, I had the honor of serving as Speaker of the California State Assembly as the first Black woman to hold that role. The work continues.

As your Mayor, it is my role to help secure resources for our City.

Thank you to the incredible Southwest flight crew for getting us to Sacramento safely today. ✈️

Shoutout to the Blue Collar Baddies helping build the future of Los Angeles. The expansion of the LA Convention Center means more union jobs, more opportunities, and more investment into our city. To learn more or get involved, visit ⬇️ laconventioncenter.com/expansion

A safer Los Angeles requires more than one solution. It takes coordination, prevention and strong community partnerships.

Crime is down in Los Angeles, but statistics alone do not define public safety.

Keeping Angelenos safe remains my top priority. In the last 30 days, LAPD has made 104 burglary-related arrests connected to residential and commercial burglaries, identity theft, and organized theft groups operating across Los Angeles.

A reduction in street homelessness represents lives changed, but we know the work is far from over.

Today, I was proud to stand with trailblazing small business owners to announce that my ProcureLA program has helped secure more than $45 million in contracts for local businesses.