Craig Greiwe, businessman Policy stances Homelessness Collect real-time data on every person experiencing homelessness in LA and the available support services Provide immediate and transitional housing Housing prices Ensure that no one pays more than 30% of their income in rent Expedite permitting processes for construction and facilitate new construction Public safety End homelessness to return officers’ focus to crime Expand the use of force training for police officers and civilian control and oversight Fund a peace officer corps with mental health professionals for nonviolent response Climate Favor market incentives over generalized policy on sustainability efforts to force compliance Include mitigation of climate change in every government program and policy Transportation Create smooth streets and clean sidewalks Start a remediation program for sidewalks and streets Jobs and economy Bring new industries to LA to create jobs Create a city innovation fund with annual investments of $100 million History with city politics Chief strategy officer of Rogers & Cowan, Pickwick Public Relations & Maslansky/Koenigsberg Board member of nonprofit organizations including Christopher Street West (focus on the rights, education, outreach and better understanding within the LGBTQ+ communities) and the American Dance Movement (building healthy communities through dance) Launched nonprofit Rise Together LA, an outreach, education and awareness campaign to motivate the public to vote for change.
Read MoreICYMI: The Mo’Kelly Show Presents – A conversation with Los Angeles Mayoral Candidate Craig Greiwe, who joined the program to share his vision for “Our Town”
Read MoreAARP is committed to ensuring voters have the information they need to cast their ballot. That is why we are sharing how City of Los Angeles Mayoral Candidates plan to act on critical issues important to 50-plus voters if elected. These issues include affordable housing and homelessness, public safety, and services for older adults. AARP has a proud history of nonpartisan voter engagement and does not endorse or oppose candidates or make contributions to political campaigns or candidates. All certified Los Angeles Mayoral Candidates were invited to participate in this questionnaire.
Read MoreLos Angeles mayoral candidates discussed how they would use research and data collection to address issues such as homelessness and climate change at an on-campus panel Wednesday. Candidates Craig Greiwe, Alex Gruenenfelder, Gina Viola and Mel Wilson spoke at the forum, hosted in Geffen Hall by the Science Policy Group at UCLA. Bineh Ndefru, one of the organization’s presidents and a moderator of the forum, said the organization held the event to explore how candidates would incorporate scientific literature and the scientific community into their policies.
Read MoreYou’ve got a choice to make, L.A.: Who’s going to be your next mayor? You’ve probably been flooded with advertisements and news coverage about the candidates vying to replace L.A.’s outgoing mayor, Eric Garcetti. That doesn’t necessarily mean it’s any easier to make your choice. That’s why we’re bringing you Meet Your Mayor, our quiz that asks you and the candidates the same questions so that we can "match" you with the candidate who's closest to you on key issues. It’s kind of like one of those matchmaking apps where you answer a bunch of questions and then you get matched with someone who shares your interests and values. We’ll be candid — we sent out more than 30 questions to the candidates and categorizing their responses was a challenge. In some areas, there’s a lot of agreement. So we focused on where there are real policy distinctions, ultimately using 12 questions to give you a sense of where the candidates align with your own views. The answers to everything we asked are also available for you to review.
Read MoreIt’s no secret that many voters are skeptical about trusting the word of their elected politicians. One candidate vying to be the next mayor of Los Angeles says he’s putting his money where his mouth is and is challenging his opponents to do the same. Craig Greiwe, a business exec and one of 12 people hoping to succeed Mayor Eric Garcetti as L.A.’s highest public official, held a press conference Wednesday to announce a challenge to his competitors: answer important questions about your campaign, while hooked up to a polygraph test, and share the results with the public. “There is no difference between an empty promise and a lie. They are all lies,” Greiwe said in a news release. “There has to be an end to the lies. I am willing to stand on the steps of City Hall and go on record under lie detector about anything and everything the voters and political journalists want to know.”
Read MoreTransportation is a central topic of life in Los Angeles, with urgent repercussions for the world at large. We seek city leaders who prioritize exceptional and affordable public transportation, street safety, and adequate active transportation infrastructure while centering issues related to affordable transit-oriented housing development and dealing with the city’s crisis of hit and runs. Before voting for our next L.A. mayor, we needed to know where the candidates stand on the essential issue of transportation equity. In a collaboration with CicLAvia, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, Climate Resolve, Streets For All, Los Angeles Walks, Act-LA, POWER, IKAR, Asian Pacific Islander Forward Movement, Pacoima Beautiful, and MoveLA, L.A. TACO presents a candid questionnaire given to all of L.A.’s mayoral candidates, with their answers in English, Spanish, Chinese, and Korean.
Read MoreCraig Greiwe plans on ending homelessness in under four years. He believes the money already allocated to the city will do the job. He points to fourteen other cities in America that have solved the complex issue as examples. Greiwe proposes instituting a real-time mapping program to keep tabs on the scale of the problem. By focusing on the individual needs of each person experiencing homelessness, he can then lead by prescribing exact solutions to exact problems. Greiwe will call on Community Solutions, an organization already in the weeds of solving the crisis in more than 80 cities and counties nationwide.
Read MoreThe press would have you believe the Los Angeles Mayor’s Race is a contest between Karen Bass, a failing career politician who’s done nothing for your life, and Rick Caruso, a billionaire who doesn’t care about you, and never will. Nothing could be further from the truth? Let’s look at the math. Neither candidate has faced a significant attack ad or concerted attack, backed by any significant financing, and both candidates have enjoyed a massive amount of press coverage from a mostly-biased press corps, which means that both Karen and Rick have had unlimited opportunity to spread a positive message across this city to build support for their candidacies…and they failed. Here’s what the real numbers look like according to Berkeley IGS Polls in February and April 2022.
Read MoreBusiness executive Craig Greiwe says his plan would move half of the unhoused people off the streets by early next year.
Read MoreCraig is a leader fighting for your fair share. With real plans and accountability.
