https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/asylum-united-states
What Is Asylum?
Asylum is a protection granted to foreign nationals already in the United States
or at the border who meet the international law definition of a “refugee.” The
United Nations 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol define a refugee as a person
who is unable or unwilling to return to his or her home country, and cannot
obtain protection in that country, due to past persecution or a well-founded
fear of being persecuted in the future “on account of race, religion, nationality,
membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.” Congress
incorporated this definition into U.S. immigration law in the Refugee Act of 1980.
As a signatory to the 1967 Protocol, and through U.S. immigration law, the
United States has legal obligations to provide protection to those who qualify
as refugees. The Refugee Act established two paths to obtain refugee status—
either from abroad as a resettled refugee or in the United States as an
asylum seeker.
More info and details at the above link
So... I am a refugee in Los Angeles with the right to asylum?