Marissa Roy! - She's a deputy attorney general for the State and a legal advocate for housing development and expanding the market for new apartments in Los Angeles. Hydee's got to go.

Marissa Roy is a lifelong Angeleno and an attorney whose career has centered on fighting for working families, renters, immigrants, and all Californians. A career attorney for the people who is now serving as a Deputy Attorney General, she’s led impact litigation on workers’ rights, housing justice, and consumer protection. Marissa is running to transform the LA City Attorney’s Office into the city’s strongest public interest law firm.

Endorsed. Consumer protection attorney; would expand diversion for nonviolent misdemeanors; create Tenants' Rights Unit; sue ICE.

Bernie Sanders endorsed. County/local progressive candidate.

Lifelong Angeleno who decided to go into public service when Proposition 8 stripped marriage equality. Transform office into largest public interest law firm.

UAW endorsed candidate

Marissa has a clear understanding of the role of City Attorney as it pertains to housing policy and the advice the office can and should give to the City Council when it comes to approving housing developments or land use ordinances. She has also expressed commitment to building firewalls and precedents to prevent future abuse of this office when it comes to land use decisions. Finally, her experience as a litigation attorney provides her the skills and discernment to know how best to use the resources of the office, when to negotiate, and when to fight on behalf of the City and its residents.

Deputy attorney general with vision to transform the office into a leading force for progressive change. Would prioritize prosecuting polluters and slumlords and wage theft. Incumbent Hydee Feldstein Soto saw liability payments up 35% annually ($287M in 2025).