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Published: Tuesday, May 19, 2026

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CityWatch LA - An LA Tech Maven Trying To Tackle Homelessness Issues Deserves Voters’ Attention In Mayor’s Race HOME ADVERTISE CONTACT FEATURED WRITERS About CityWatch Search Donate Search Sidebar &times; Search Search Home Los Angeles Important Reads State Watch Eric Preven's Notebook Animal Watch Say What? Voices Gelfand's World World Watch LA Politics Guest Words Planning Watch LA PALM SPRINGS AREA NEIGHBORHOOD CLIMATE WELLNESS LA WATCHDOG 420 FILE LGBTQ PODCASTS PS AREA HOME ADVERTISE CONTACT FEATURED WRITERS About CityWatch Search Donate Our mission is to promote and facilitate civic engagement and neighborhood empowerment, and to hold area government and its politicians accountable. CityWatch Los Angeles Politics. Perspective. Participation. 18 Mon , May Home Los Angeles Important Reads State Watch Eric Preven's Notebook Animal Watch Say What? Voices Gelfand's World World Watch LA Politics Guest Words Planning Watch LA PALM SPRINGS AREA NEIGHBORHOOD CLIMATE WELLNESS LA WATCHDOG 420 FILE LGBTQ PODCASTS PS AREA An LA Tech Maven Trying To Tackle Homelessness Issues Deserves Voters’ Attention In Mayor’s Race Details Jim Newton May 18 2026 ELECTION 2026 Previous Article Conan Nolan’s News Conference Presented Adam Miller and Rae Huang Next Article If Spencer Pratt Revives NC/Grassroots Empowerment, He Will Be Mayor Typography Smaller Small Medium Big Bigger Default Helvetica Segoe Georgia Times Reading Mode Comments ELECTION - Adam Miller is a serious candidate for mayor of Los Angeles. He has a real background in business, a commitment to philanthropy and experience in the city’s most pressing issue, housing the homeless. His political profile resembles that of San Francisco Mayor Dan Lurie, whose tenure in California’s fourth largest city has drawn notice for his willingness to break, however subtly, from its most liberal impulses. Los Angeles is five times the size of San Francisco. Its challenges are far greater and the stakes far higher. Here, Miller is running in the business-leader-turned-candidate lane that has produced mayors before, most notably Richard Riordan in 1993 and quite nearly Steve Soboroff, who unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 2001. Just this week, Miller picked up the endorsement of the Los Angeles Daily News, a feat that once would have placed him in the top tier of contenders, though it holds less weight today than in the past. Still, businessman-mayors and almost-mayors haven’t made much headway in Los Angeles over the past two decades. Developer Rick Caruso got clocked the last time he ran and was headed for a repeat before taking a pass on this year’s campaign. The city’s Republican base, traditionally the core for business-oriented candidacies, has evaporated, forming barely 15% of the city’s electorate today. Miller is a Democrat, not a Republican, and could appeal beyond that sliver of city voters. His success in business — he founded an education technology company with more than 3,000 employees — and his creation o

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