Hernandez who co-chaired a successful county ballot measure campaign in 2020 to steer more county money to social services and jail diversion programs said that more than one local elected official urged her to be a good girl and not oppose a longtime councilman who would be unseated in four years by term limits. My dad works in construction. "The latest vote count confirms what we've said all along: CD1 demands true, honest, and responsive representation in city hall," said Hernandez in a statement posted on Twitter. L.A. City Council candidate Eunisses Hernandez greets a Glassell Park resident while campaigning. [5] President Bill Clinton stated that his decision to provide funding "was reached after critical consultations with SEIU". MOUNT WASHINGTON (CBSLA.com)A Los Angeles city councilman running for re-election in the 1st Disctrict is accused of stealing his political rival's campaign signs. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. A Bass spokesperson declined to comment on Cedillos comparison. The field to unseat him includes Steve Johnson, a sergeant in the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department who wants to add about 1,500 police officers. That is unacceptable.. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. We have a Mexican in charge of the [City] Council, Cedillo said. We're doing it with no budget because I'm a grassroots candidate,"Bray-Ali said. After a man burst in with a gun, a San Francisco synagogue confronts hate, 19 cafes that make L.A. a world-class coffee destination, The chance of a lifetime: Five friends ski the tallest mountain in Los Angeles, Shocking, impossible gas bills push restaurants to the brink of closures, Im visiting all 600 L.A. spots on the National Register. [18] Cedillo served as chairman of California's Latino Congressional Caucus. Cedillo also writes extensively about how Black and Latino interests have both figured into his personal history, citing his leadership of the Service Employees International Union Local 660 at a time when it had more African American members than any other union in L.A. and his support of Jesse Jackson and Barack Obama as a Democratic Party convention delegate. Los Angeles City Council members Gil Cedillo, Bob Blumenfield, Monica Rodriguez and Curren Price were on track to secure another term as primary results continued to come in Wednesday, while. A self-described Mexican American Jew who has a Black brother-in-law and a Black nephew, Harris said she was left shaking after hearing Martinez's suggestion of striking the young Black son of a white councilmember, and questioned why Cedillo didnt shut down the talk. Should any of the challengers succeed, they could find themselves in an unlikely position in four years time: running as incumbent members of one of the most powerful local legislative bodies in the country. Whos bringing the marshmallows?. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) Two days after a leaked audio recording jolted Los Angeles, angry . And they have resisted demands from activists for a Peoples Budget that would eviscerate law enforcement spending. When he walked onto the council floor Tuesday, the first day the body convened since the explosive audio was leaked, he was met with shouts of Resign, Gil! from the audience. [36][37] However, he lost to political newcomer, Eunisses Hernandez. Community activist Eunisses Hernandez was issuing her own calls for change, saying funding should be moved out of law enforcement and into housing, child care and other social services. De Len and Cedillo have been under. Shes also focused on affordable housing production and tenant protections. Soto-Martinez later said it was ridiculous for the issue to be reduced to a hand raise. He described abolition as a goal that would be reached only after the city has taken major steps to combat economic and racial injustice. Here are 10 you cant miss, Editorial: Ousting L.A. Countys chief probation officer isnt enough. On Twitter, Corado has called police cadets future murderers and suggested more than once that LAPD officers eat their own guns. Some think the realignment of the election calendar could radically alter the citys political landscape. In 2002, he was elected to the State Senate. Cedillo competed against Judy Chu, a former . [citation needed] In the midst of the 2003 recall election, Davis backed and signed SB60 (2003), Cedillo's driver's license bill. Yes, L.A. needs more housing at all income levels, including market-rate construction, but the harder work is developing the policies and funding to build housing thats affordable to the working poor who are especially vulnerable in the current real estate market. Cedillo has . The 1,143-word document is the first time Cedillo has talked extensively about the incident. My mom to this day cleans houses. Gilbert Cedillo (also known as Gil) was a member of the Los Angeles City Council in California, representing District 1. Cedillo released a statement in response:"Stealing yard signs is against the law and goes against the spirit of our electoral system. There. He ran for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council representing Council District 1 and was elected in 2013. He has argued in favor of eliminating the entire $3-billion police budget, with the proceeds going to social workers, mental health and antipoverty programs. Community activist Eunisses Hernandez declared victory this weekend over incumbent Gil Cedillo in the race to represent District 1 of the Los Angeles City Council. This year, perhaps motivated by voters decision to move Los Angeles municipal elections to coincide with the gubernatorial election or by Nithya Ramans win in 2020 (when a newcomer ousted an incumbent), there are several well-funded, well-organized progressive candidates challenging council members, who have traditionally coasted to reelection. [14] Cedillo received a majority of other major endorsements, including eight members of California's Congressional Delegation, LA Sheriff Lee Baca, Los Angeles Police Chief Bill Bratton, and more than 100 current and former public officials, including Senator Gloria Romero, Senator Ron Calderon, and Assemblymember Ed Chavez, who all dropped out of the race and endorsed Cedillo. [17] The seat had been vacated by Kevin de Len, who won the 22nd State Senate seat. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Woman in her 70s found stabbed to death in Lake Forest home, Yosemite breaks decades-old snowfall record, closing national park indefinitely, San Diego federal judge had defendants 13-year-old daughter handcuffed. Cedillo hasn't made any public comments since issuing an apology, and told The Times earlier this week that he didn't make racist remarks or mock his colleagues. On other issues, his office has been called unresponsive and aloof, with some constituents complaining that Cedillo is unwilling to engage with residents and groups that he disagrees with. In Los Angeles, a century of off-cycle municipal elections and the sheer size of the citys sprawling council districts fortified officeholders positions. On Tuesday, Soto-Martinez was leading OFarrell 38% to 34%. I kept thinking of what my life would be like if I were 12, 13, 14 years old. LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- Former City Councilman Gil Cedillo, who defied widespread calls to resign over his participation in a racist 2021 conversation that attempted to manipulate the city's. Note: In District 1, Eunisses Hernandez, a community organizer, defeated longtime Councilmember Gil Cedillo outright in the June primary, with 54% of the vote to Cedillo's 46%. Most of the challengers describe their opponents as too far removed from the struggle and too entrenched in the city establishment. But there is no evidencelinking Cedillo to the allegedscheme. Pete Wilsons anti-immigrant message. Thats the case in City Council District 1, where policy advocate and community organizer Eunisses Hernandez is running against Councilmember Gil Cedillo, who is seeking a third term. L.A. Councilmember Kevin de Len, left, and former Council President Nury Martinez confer at a meeting on Oct. 4, 2022. It is rare for City Council members to endorse someone running against an incumbent. The people in this city do not want to abolish the police. A version of the bill was finally signed into law after Cedillo was termed out of office. Thats not something weve seen historically, said Tommy Newman, vice president of United Way of Greater Los Angeles. ", Communications consultant Helen Sanchez, who first worked with Cedillo in the late 1980s on then-presidential candidate Michael Dukakis' campaign, said the lesson is that "we need to speak up when someone is saying terrible things, even if they are our friends. degree from the People's College of Law, in Los Angeles. In 2010, Cedillo attempted to reverse a pay cut approved by voters in 2009 for all 120 lawmakers (Prop. [citation needed], Cedillo tried nine times, since 1998, to get bills passed in the California State Legislature that would allow undocumented immigrants in California to obtain driver's licenses. Eunisses Hernandez beat incumbent Gil Cedillo outright in the primary and will take office next term. Hernandez had the backing of a number of grassroots groups, including the L.A. chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America and Councilman Mike Bonin. In the conversation about redistricting which took place in October 2021 at the L.A. County Federation of Labor the group discussed maintaining Latino political power while also ensuring they and their colleagues would have districts that help them win reelection. Protesting works, she wrote, with the hashtag #DefundPolice. A bombshell recording has thrown L.A. politics into chaos. "None of this can erase the work that hes done. Pynoos, who worked for Councilman Mike Bonin, said she has a record of advising her former boss on proposals to cut the number of police officers and take traffic enforcement away from the LAPD. But her public safety strategy is more moderate than the ones being pushed by some of OFarrells opponents. Our Black and brown communities are concerned that if police are defunded, we would bear the brunt of the decrease in public safety services, he said. In a questionnaire circulated by L.A.s Democratic Socialists, he was asked if he is a police abolitionist and checked the box indicating yes. On that form, he described abolition as an eventual goal, saying he favors caring for our communities, instead of violently oppressing our neighbors.. [citation needed], Cedillo attended Lorena Street and Euclid Avenue Elementary, Stevenson Junior High and Roosevelt High.
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