Rising rents and police abolition roil an Eastside race for L.A. City Council
LA TimesCommunity activist Eunisses Hernandez, running for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council, goes door to door in Glassell Park to reach voters. political career is funded by billionaires.” That last remark is a swipe at political spending by at least two of Hernandez’s backers: Patty Quillin, spouse of Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings, and philanthropist Elizabeth Simons, daughter of a hedge fund billionaire — who have put at least $85,000 into a campaign committee promoting Hernandez and criticizing Cedillo. “I don’t want to see that for the future generations.” On the campaign trail, Hernandez has promised to oppose the hiring of more Los Angeles Police Department officers, even to replace those who retire. Delia Ibarra, an attorney who lives in the Angeleno Heights section of the district, said she knows Cedillo is “not perfect.” But she’s concerned about calls to abolish the LAPD. If Cedillo isn’t replaced, Hernandez said, “many of my community members are not going to last another four years.”
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