Traci Park’s Business-First Agenda: Tax Relief for Corporations, Neglect for Renters and Immigrants

Councilmember Traci Park is leading the passage of a business tax relief program aimed at aiding businesses affected by wildfires. While supporting local businesses in times of crisis is certainly important, Park’s swift action in passing this measure stands in stark contrast to her reluctance—or outright opposition—when it comes to providing relief for renters, immigrants, and other vulnerable members of our community.

Park’s business tax relief plan offers financial reprieve to businesses that have suffered economic hardship due to wildfires, reducing their tax burdens to help them recover. However, when it comes to protecting struggling renters, Park’s stance has been much less proactive. In the wake of recent wildfires, the Los Angeles City Council considered implementing emergency rental protections for displaced tenants, but the proposal was delayed due to calls for further review. Meanwhile, those forced out of their homes due to disaster remain in limbo. This delay is a cruel and unnecessary burden on working-class families who, unlike business owners, do not have the luxury of financial reserves or tax breaks to help them recover.

This is not an isolated case—it is a clear pattern in Traci Park’s tenure as a councilmember. She has repeatedly demonstrated a willingness to prioritize business and law enforcement interests while ignoring or actively opposing measures that support the most vulnerable in our community. Park aligned herself with landlords and developers when the rent freeze proposal was brought before the City Council to protect tenants from soaring housing costs—she refused to support it. The result? Tenants are left with only limited protections, as Park once again proved that the needs of corporate interests come before the needs of everyday people in her district.

Her record on immigrant protections is equally concerning. Park openly opposed City Council's decision to make LA a sanctuary city, and she has been notably silent when it comes to denouncing attacks on immigrant communities, including recent incidents of violence against student protesters advocating for immigrant rights. This silence speaks volumes about whom she chooses to fight for—and whom she is willing to ignore. While she is quick to support police funding and business-friendly tax breaks, she refuses to extend the same urgency to policies that would protect undocumented workers, immigrant families, and marginalized renters from economic devastation.

It is clear that Traci Park’s priorities lie with the powerful, not the people. Her quick action to pass business tax relief while renters remain unprotected and immigrants are left vulnerable is not an accident—it is a reflection of who she serves. As the next election cycle approaches, voters should remember that Park has shown us exactly where she stands: with corporations, landlords, and law enforcement, and against working-class tenants, immigrants, and the most vulnerable members of our community.