Antonio Villaraigosa, Former Speaker of the California Assembly and 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, announced that he has received the biggest public safety endorsement in the Governor’s race, another major, statewide labor endorsement, from the Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC) representing over 86,000 public safety members and more than 960 local associations.

Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has named a prominent Bay Area Democrat to help head his campaign for California governor. Villaraigosa announced that former US Senator Barbara Boxer will co-chair his campaign.

With Lt. Governor Kounalakis out of the race, Antonio Villaraigosa has emerged as the clear fundraising leader raising over $4.2 million in direct contributions for the governor’s race, far surpassing his rivals who had to transfer funds collected from donors who gave to other political offices – not the governor’s race – to pad their fundraising totals.  

The Antonio Villaraigosa for Governor campaign announced that days after Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis withdrew her candidacy in the governor’s race, former U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer was named Co-Chair of Villaraigosa’s campaign for Governor of California.

Antonio Villaraigosa, former Speaker of the California Assembly and 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, released the following regarding Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis' decision to drop out of the 2026 California gubernatorial election and run for California State Treasurer.

Antonio Villaraigosa, former Speaker of the California Assembly and 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, released the following regarding Vice President Kamala Harris's decision to decline running in the 2026 California gubernatorial election.

“California must solve problems to build again, but forcing down wages for skilled and trained construction workers below the minimum wage standards for entry-level fast-food workers is no solution.”

We’re Prisila and Marisela, the proud daughters of Antonio Villaraigosa. You may know him as a community leader and candidate for Governor, but to us, he’s so much more.

Antonio Villaraigosa, former Speaker of the California Assembly and 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, released the following regarding U.S. Senator Alex Padilla being tackled and handcuffed after asking questions at U.S. Department Homeland Security press conference with Secretary Kristi Noem.

One bad bet in California politics in recent decades has been to assume that Antonio Villaraigosa, who’s now in the hunt for the governorship, was finished. Underestimating him is a fool’s game.

Antonio Villaraigosa, former Speaker of the California Assembly and 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, released the following statement calling for peaceful protests against President Trump’s military-style mass deportation ICE raids and his unlawful abuse of power federalizing California’s national guard without a request from the Governor.

The best way to secure the United States is to obey the Constitution, the Bill of Rights. People don’t take issue with going after criminals, securing the border. What people take issue with is dividing children from their parents, terrorizing entire communities with military-style mass deportations.

Antonio Villaraigosa, former Speaker of the California Assembly and 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, released the following statement about President Trump’s decision to activate California’s national guard without a request from the Governor — something no other president has done since 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson sent troops to Alabama to protect civil rights demonstrators.

Antonio Villaraigosa, former Speaker of the California Assembly and 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, released the following statement about the escalating immigration raids in California by the Trump Administration.

Antonio Villaraigosa, expresidente de la Asamblea de California y 41º alcalde de Los Ángeles, se pronunció sobre las crecientes redadas en California llevadas a cabo por la administración Trump

As candidates for Governor head into CalChamber’s California Business Outlook Forum on Wednesday, Antonio Villaraigosa, former Speaker of the California Assembly and 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, is calling on Sacramento to fund Proposition 36 (2024), which was overwhelmingly passed by voters in November with 68.4% of the vote. Last year, Villaraigosa was the only candidate for Governor who campaigned in support of passing Prop 36. 

Californians continue to face skyrocketing housing costs, the highest gas prices, and the second-highest utility costs in the nation. Along with the rising cost of food and other basic living essentials, hardworking families need our lawmakers and government agencies to make affordability a top priority.

Antonio Villaraigosa, Former Speaker of the California Assembly and 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, has received another major, statewide labor endorsement from the District Council of Iron Workers (DCIW) of California and the Vicinity. Villaragosa’s endorsements from major, statewide labor unions shows that California is ready for a governor who is a proven problem solver and committed to building our state and fighting for working families. 

Antonio Villaraigosa, Former Speaker of the California Assembly and 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, has received the first statewide union endorsement of the election cycle in the Governor’s race from the  California-Nevada Conference of Operating Engineers, which includes International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Locals 12, 39 and 501.

Somewhere between the sunbaked oil fields of the San Joaquin Valley and the cracked sidewalks of East Los Angeles, where my mother once waited in the dark to catch a ride to work, lies a truth that Sacramento too often refuses to say out loud: you can’t fight climate change on the backs of the poor.