Los Angeles City Council Prepares to Allow Noncitizens to Vote

By a decisive vote of 10 to 5, the Los Angeles City Council approved a ballot proposal that, if approved by voters on November 3, will give noncitizens the right to vote in local elections.

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Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez claims that only “individuals with some form of legal status, such as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Temporary Protected Status holders, legal permanent residents, would be allowed to vote under such a program.”

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He added, “This issue to me is really about fairness and representation. It just does not make sense to me that someone who moves to Los Angeles for a temporary job has more of a voice than a parent who has been here for decades, raising their children through our public schools.”

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