The next debate, and one of the last major spaces for candidates to promote themselves, will be held at Cal State L.A. on May 1. Four candidates not invited to state their case in previous debates made their frustrations clear through a press conference on April 12, calling their lack of inclusion an act of voter suppression. Among the four in attendance was Craig Greiwe, whose formative experience exerting himself out of poverty ignited his passion to solve the homelessness crisis as mayor. Taking part in the debate, in his opinion, will give candidates equal opportunity to hold each other publicly accountable.
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Read MoreCraig Greiwe, a business executive, said the city is a “walking disaster zone,” and the problem is not with Los Angeles, but with its elected officials, including some of those running for mayor who currently hold public office. “I think that Los Angeles can and should be the greatest city in America,” he said. “The resources we possess, and our tapestry of people and industry and diversity are unparalleled. The fact that this city is a walking disaster zone is a complete and total failure of leadership.” He said he would bring some fight, and coalition-building skills, to the table, and would fire top city officials “who have been sitting at their desks, doing nothing for decades.”
Read More“LA Democrats are buying and manipulating their way to leadership as the city collapses around them,” mayoral candidate Craig Greiwe told the Daily Caller. “Money should not decide an election. Institutions should not decide an election. Voters should decide an election,” he posted to his social media. “The people of this city are desperate for change, and desperate for their fair share of resources. They are desperate to get rid of all the career insiders who have been making the same empty promises for decades,” Greiwe said at a press conference Tuesday, shared to his social media. “Instead of giving the people of Los Angeles what they are begging for, Cal State, Raphael Sonenshein, and the League of Women Voters have unilaterally organized a debate using phony criteria so they can control the narrative,” he continued.
Read MoreA dozen candidates are on the ballot to run for mayor of Los Angeles, but only five are slated to appear at a May 1 debate airing on ABC7. Greiwe put the blame on Sonenshein, for steering the decision-making, saying that he said “is not telling you who to vote for — he’s making sure you don’t even hear from us in the first place.”
Read MoreOn Tuesday, four candidates for L.A. mayor demanded to be included in a May 1 debate organized by Cal State Los Angeles and the League of Women Voters of Greater Los Angeles. Inviting more candidates to debate onstage could “force accountability,” said Craig Greiwe, a marketing executive who said he is running for mayor as a centrist, advocating for child-care vouchers and for addressing climate change with market incentives.
Read MoreLA mayoral hopeful Craig Greiwe is a pragmatic, solutions-based private business executive who believes the issue of homelessness is being eradicated throughout the United States except for Los Angeles and that’s because the people running against him are the very individuals who created the problem in the first place! A former chief strategy officer of Rogers & Cowan/PMK, Greiwe has made a career out of turning around major FORTUNE 500 companies and he wants to apply that skill set to fixing a very dysfunctional place known as Los Angeles. A graduate of USC and Columbia Law school, Greiwe sees himself as the only man with a real plan. On the number issue of the race, the candidate praised the LA Alliance lawsuit settlement with the city a “significant step forward, but not going far enough.” “Homelessness is being eradicated virtually everywhere except LA. I’m the only candidate calling for federal intervention.”
Read MoreRupert Maconick sits down with Craig Greiwe to chat about strategies for film, running for mayor of Los Angeles, and storytelling in marketing and politics. Craig Greiwe is the former Chief Strategy Officer of Rogers and Cowan and candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles. Rupert Maconick is the Founder and Executive Producer of Saville Productions. Saville Productions works with major brands to produce brand-sponsored films and documentaries on a wide range of social and environmental issues.
Read MoreCandidate for L.A. Mayor Craig Greiwe talks about his campaign for the mayor of Los Angeles. He discusses his plan to combat homelessness, vaccine mandates, and how to stand out in this Democratic city. This is a clip from the FOX 11 News Special Report with Elex Michaelson and Marla Tellez.
Read MoreIn a year when over 40,000 people experienced homelessness in the city of Los Angeles and 60,000 in the county, the 2022 mayoral election comes at a crucial time in the city’s history. LA mayoral candidate Craig Greiwe pledged to use his business-centric background to rebuild the city with a series of ambitious programs, without raising taxes and breaking the cycle of “broken leadership” in LA. Greiwe raised $100,000 for his campaign in the first month for his plan to address homelessness, housing affordability, corruption and post-pandemic economic recovery, “I have never wanted to run for office in my life, because I focused on my business career and on doing good work in my both my career and in my private life by serving on the boards of different nonprofits and creating movements that brought real change,” said Greiwe, the former chief strategy officer for Rogers & Cowan PMK. “Especially in the middle of the pandemic when I created programs that saved tens of thousands of small businesses for my clients, my goal was to make a better world through my work.” As a marketing executive and co-founder of the civic engagement nonprofit Rise Together, Greiwe was asked by many to run for mayor and become a “common ground” candidate. He brushed it aside because he wasn’t a career politician. “I’m only interested in being the mayor of LA,” Greiwe said. “As the only outsider in the race, I am not beholden to anyone except the people of this city. And it will be the first time in 80 years that we have a mayor in that position. We’ve only had a series of career politicians who have used that office as a steppingstone for whatever came next. I am only interested in being mayor and in fixing this city.”
Read MoreCraig is a leader fighting for your fair share. With real plans and accountability.
