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Richmond, California's Richmond Progressive Alliance has spent years reshaping city government around democratic socialist principles—limiting corporate influence, restructuring public safety funding, and taking formal positions on international conflicts.
With democratic socialist candidates now winning elections in Seattle and New York City, and Washington, D.C. poised to follow, Richmond's track record is drawing renewed national attention.
A Coalition Claiming a Community Mandate The Richmond Progressive Alliance has defined Richmond's governance by reducing what its members describe as the dominance of large financial interests over local government.
Mayor Eduardo Martinez, an RPA member, called Richmond "a shining example of working people recognizing their ability to govern themselves without being beholden to corporate influence or large financial interests" and described the coalition as "an alternative to traditional, business-dominated politics." Martinez recently lost his re-election bid after the RPA backed another candidate.
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