Celona For City Council
Hi I’m C.R. “Celona” a leading candidate for LA City Council - District 3.
I'm the husband to an incredible woman & super mom Lindsay Liles and a father of three great kids (7, 5, and 2) plus one amazing rescue: Beowulf Rod Stewart. My motivation stems from watching the Valley my kids are growing up in become a place they might not be able to afford or feel safe in as adults. That’s unacceptable.
Why am I running?
The direction our community is heading isn’t working and we all feel it.
Families are asking:
Can we afford to stay here?
Will our kids’ teachers still live in this community in a few years?
When I take my kids to the park, I think about something I never used to:
Is it safe?
And like you, I get frustrated seeing the same potholes go unfixed while City Hall talks about “big plans.”
Here’s the reality:
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Costs keep going up
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Jobs and opportunity are leaving
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Small businesses are struggling
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We’re paying more and getting less
When neighbors start leaving because they can’t make it work anymore, that’s not just a policy issue, that’s a community breaking down.
I’m running because I don’t accept that.
I want my kids, and yours, to grow up in a place where:
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You can afford to stay
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You feel safe in your neighborhood
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And the city actually does its job
A Little More About Me...
My full name is Christopher Robert "C.R.' Celona, and I’m planning to run for City Council because I refuse to accept this as our norm. For 26 years, I've built companies in nascent spaces; creating opportunities, cutting through red tape and delivering results. Here's what truly matters: I've spent my entire career figuring out how to make complex issues work for real people.
As a founder, media executive and compassionate capitalist I have always had a love for the point where people and technology meet. From building one of the first car part review websites in the 90s, establishing UGC with Vimeo, to rich media and helping found the influencer space, I have amassed decades of business development experience and now I want to take that experience to help make a better community for my family, my neighbors and future residents.
Education: WCSU / Cornell / Harvard
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