Join us for the fourth gathering of LA Forward’s salon series exploring why local government is broken and how we can fix it. We will dig into the deep structural problems that keep Los Angeles from working like it should.

This salon will focus on public safety and police accountability. To kickoff the conversation, we’ll have Godfrey Plata, Deputy Director of LA Forward, which is leading the campaign for unarmed crisis response across LA City, Gabriela Vazquez, Deputy Director of La Defensa which is spearheading County work around policing and incarceration, and Chauncee Smith, Associate Director, Reimagine Justice & Safety, which is anchoring the Create Safety LA coalition.

This is a place for learning and having conversations about issues where we might not all agree with each other. Future salons will focus on other major challenges facing Los Angeles.

This event will be hosted at a member’s home on Saturday, September 26, 2-4pm. Please sign up below and you’ll receive the address before the event.

Host committee:

Allison Thomas, Celia Bernstein, Natalie Mahdesian