California\u2019s 61st Assembly District.\n<\/p>\n
As a member of the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC)<\/a>,\n<\/p>\n McKinnor was elected in 2022. She chairs the Los Angeles County Legislative Delegation and leads the Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee. McKinnor also served as a civic engagement director, managed political campaigns, and worked as chief of staff for former Assemblymembers Steven Bradford and Autumn Burke.\n<\/p>\n In 2025, McKinnor pushed forward legislation on renters\u2019 protections, re-entry programs, reparations legislation, and efforts to support Inglewood Unified School District. She spoke with California Black Media about the past year and her work. Here are her responses.\n<\/p>\n Looking back on 2025, what do you see as your biggest win?\n<\/p>\n Assembly Bill (AB) 628<\/a>. If rent is $3,000, people should at least have a stove and a refrigerator. It\u2019s ridiculous that people were renting without basic appliances.\n<\/p>\n I\u2019m also proud that I was able to secure $8.4 million in the state budget for people coming home from incarceration. That includes the Homecoming Project, the menopause program for incarcerated women, and the Justice Leaders Program.\n<\/p>\n How did your leadership help make life better for Black Californians this year?\n<\/p>\n After the Eaton Fire, I pushed to get the same kind of support for affected areas that wealthier regions get after disasters.<\/p>\n TrendingThe Belichick Image, Marked by Hoodie and Scowl, Obscure His Impact in NFL<\/a><\/p>\n I also did a lot of work building political power\u2014 establishing the Black Legacy PAC<\/a> and California for All of Us PAC so we could support Black candidates and educate voters. We also called voters to make sure they understood Prop 50.\n<\/p>\n People need to understand this: there are only 12 Black legislators in the Capitol. Folks act like we can just walk in and pass reparations, but that\u2019s not how it works.\n<\/p>\n What frustrated you most this year?\n<\/p>\n The governor did not have the political will to sign these bills: AB 57<\/a> and AB 62<\/a>. They both passed overwhelmingly in the Assembly and the Senate. We did the work. The only person who didn\u2019t have the political will to sign them was the governor.\n<\/p>\n The public needs to ask the governor why he didn\u2019t sign the bills. We can\u2019t keep letting people off the hook. He has to answer.\n<\/p>\n
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