Issues
What Randall will fight for.
Every student—regardless of their background—deserves access to an affordable, high‑quality education that leads to good‑paying careers and a brighter future. Here is how Randall will deliver it as an LACCD Trustee.
Expand student support and financial aid.
Veterans, first‑generation, low‑income, and working students carry the most and get the least help. Randall will expand the support services and financial aid that keep them enrolled and on track to finish.
This is personal. Randall's father was the first in his family to attend college. His mother was a special education teacher. He learned early that education transforms lives—and that the students with the fewest safety nets need the most from their college.
As a Judge Advocate in the California Army National Guard, Randall also knows the veterans returning to our campuses, and what it takes to make a college work for someone balancing service, work, and family.
Accelerate affordable student housing.
No one learns while they are worried about where they will sleep. Randall will accelerate affordable student housing to address the housing insecurity affecting nearly 70% of LACCD students.
He has done this work at scale. As Executive Director of the California Strategic Growth Council, appointed by Governor Jerry Brown, Randall directed more than $1.3 billion in investments supporting affordable housing and community revitalization across California.
As a California‑licensed architect and the City of Los Angeles's Deputy Mayor of Infrastructure and Climate Resilience, he knows how to move a project from a line in a budget to a building students can live in.
Connect students to good‑paying careers.
A degree or certificate should lead somewhere. Randall will strengthen partnerships with labor and industry so LACCD students move directly into good‑paying, high‑demand careers.
At the Strategic Growth Council, Randall's investments included workforce development partnerships with California community colleges. As Deputy Mayor, he helped develop the City's first‑ever Capital Infrastructure Plan—public investment meant to deliver more equitably and leave a lasting legacy beyond the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Those projects need a trained workforce, and LACCD students should be first in line.
Protect LACCD's mission.
LACCD exists to provide accessible, high‑quality education for every student who walks through the door. Randall will protect that mission.
He is in the classroom himself. Randall mentors graduate students, has lectured at UCLA and West Los Angeles College on leadership, sustainability, and public service, and this fall joins West Los Angeles College as an Adjunct Instructor teaching Leadership Skills for the Public Sector. He sees what students and faculty need, because he is there every week.