Ryan Duckett for U.S. House of Representatives

Democratic Candidate for California’s 37th Congressional District

About Ryan

Business and Labor & Employment Attorney.

Ryan Duckett is a Business and Labor & Employment Attorney and serves as a Los Angeles City Commissioner. He previously served as the five-year Chair of the Police Permit Review Commission for Hospitality, Nightlife, and Entertainment. He also sits on the Business Advisory Council to the Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Throughout his career in law and public service, Ryan has worked at the intersection of policy and everyday impact — seeing firsthand how decisions at every level of government affect working families, small businesses, and local communities.

He advocates for affordable housing, expanded access to education, immigration reform, mental health services for individuals experiencing homelessness, due process protections, increased disability benefits, and stronger community engagement initiatives.

Raised in Los Angeles, Ryan has lived throughout the city — from Bel Air to South Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and Hollywood. He is proud to call himself a lifelong Angeleno. Having also lived in New York, New Jersey, Texas, North Carolina, and abroad, he brings both local commitment and national perspective to his work.



Ryan has deep respect for the service and sacrifice of firefighters, police officers, and all first responders who work daily to protect our communities.

Position

Congress 

US House of Representatives for Los Angeles - District 37

Problems

The United States’ biggest challenges over the next decade definitely have to do with tackling some of our biggest key items. There are consistent issues such as education, homelessness, immigration, global warming, taxes, transportation, healthcare and other issues that have not fully been addressed. Issues not being addressed is clearly seen through the recent government shut down for big key topics such as healthcare and Medicaid benefits. Affordable meals and more social service benefits. I also especially want more funding to assist autistic people, no matter where they find themselves on the spectrum of growth. 

Solutions

Diversity creates exceptional building through creativity and expansive growth in a society. We need to listen to one another, including those with opposing positions, otherwise quintessential conversations never take place. Accordingly, one of the biggest problems that we need to tackle in the United States over the next several years is figuring out how to bridge the gap between Democrats, Republicans and Independents, so we can bring in a more colorful and meaningful dialogue for more fruitful discourse to succeed as a society at large.

PRIORITIES