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Los Angeles mayoral hopeful Spencer Pratt broughthis fight for the city’s futurestraight into the heart of downtown Saturday, where roughly 300 people packed the ballroom of the historic downtown Alexandria Hotel.
The event doubled as a meet-and-greet and get-out-the-vote rally, drawing a mix of longtime residents, property owners and younger voters who admitted they usually tune out City Hall politics.
“I live downtown. It’s nasty here. We gotta clean it up,” Van Arthur told The California Post after casting his vote for Pratt.
Arthur said it was the first election he had ever participated in.
“It’s hard to trust people,” he said. “But when people like Spencer are coming and really putting boots to pavement, I respect that.”
Downtown Los Angeleshas spent years and billionsof dollars trying to reinvent itself as more than a commuter district.
Luxury apartments have risen, restaurants and entertainment venues moved in and developers pitched a vision of urban revival.
Isaac Shomov, owner of the Alexandria Hotel and more than 1,500 residential units downtown, hosted the event and called the downtown area one of Los Angeles’ most unique neighborhoods, adding that while major investments have poured into over the years, public safety has to remain a top priority.
“As you can see how pretty and beautiful this downtown is, because you don’t find that beauty anywhere else in the city of LA,” Shomov said.
Source: California Post – Breaking California News, Photos & Videos
