Here are L.A. County’s three new members of Congress
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Here are L.A. County’s three new members of Congress

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Los Angeles County voters in deep-blue districts elected three new Democrats to the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday. The Associated Press called three congressional races in favor of Luz Rivas in the San Fernando Valley, Laura Friedman in central Los Angeles and Gil Cisneros in the San Gabriel Valley. The safely Democratic district includes the city of San Fernando and nearly a dozen Los Angeles neighborhoods, including North Hollywood, Van Nuys, Sun Valley and Sylmar. 30th Congressional District: Laura Friedman Glendale Democrat Laura Friedman will fill the central Los Angeles seat vacated by Rep. Adam B. Schiff, who was elected Tuesday to the U.S. Senate. 31st Congressional District: Gil Cisneros San Gabriel Valley voters elected a new member of Congress for the first time in a generation Tuesday to replace longtime Democratic Rep. Grace F. Napolitano, who is retiring.

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Your guide to California’s 29th Congressional District race: Bernal vs. Rivas
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Your guide to California’s 29th Congressional District race: Bernal vs. Rivas

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Rivas, 50, has been in the state Assembly for six years, where she has focused on climate and environmental concerns, including plastic pollution, resilience to extreme heat and climate change education in schools. She has been endorsed by many key Los Angeles-area Democrats, including Cárdenas, U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, as well as by major labor …

Assemblymember Luz Rivas will run to replace Tony Cárdenas in Congress
1 year, 1 month ago

Assemblymember Luz Rivas will run to replace Tony Cárdenas in Congress

LA Times  

Assemblymember Luz Rivas said she would run for Congress, entering what could become a crowded race to replace Tony Cárdenas as the San Fernando Valley-based 29th District’s representative. Rivas, 49, said she had tired of the “constant state of dysfunction” the Republican Party has seemed trapped in since the October ouster of Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House. “Residents …

Column: The ‘older, whiter Valley’ no longer exists. Where do new suburban voters go for mayor?
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Column: The ‘older, whiter Valley’ no longer exists. Where do new suburban voters go for mayor?

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A view of the San Fernando Valley from Rocky Peak Road in Simi Valley near the Ventura County line in February 2021. As someone who has lived in the San Fernando Valley for more than 40 years, there’s a question I’ve been asked a lot lately by people who live “over the hill”: “How do you think the Valley is …

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