(The Center Square) – A trend of socialist mayoral candidates in the nation’s biggest cities is continuing with housing advocate Rae Chen Huang’s candidacy against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.

Huang, a senior organizer with the Housing Now! California coalition, announced her candidacy Saturday on Instagram. Huang followed up with a campaign rally Sunday at Arts District Brewing Co. in downtown Los Angeles, where the ordained Presbyterian minister called for making housing affordable for everyone and providing free mass transit.

“We are going to make sure that wages and work are dignified,” said Rev. Huang, a member of the board of Creating Justice, an organization promoting economic justice for the homeless people living on Los Angeles' Skid Row.

Media reports describe Huang as a memb

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