Hydee Feldstein Soto is the first Latina elected to a citywide office in L.A., her campaign says. Finance law attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto declared victory Wednesday in the Los Angeles city attorney’s race and will become the first woman to hold the office. Feldstein Soto said in a statement that the vote count trends “give our team the confidence that …
Top from left, L.A. city controller candidates Kenneth Mejia and Paul Koretz, and bottom from left, city attorney candidates Faisal Gill and Hydee Feldstein Soto. In the race for city attorney, finance law attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto was leading civil rights attorney Faisal Gill. Feldstein Soto also said tamping down corruption would be a priority if she was elected to …
Faisal Gill and Hydee Feldstein Soto, who, respectively, came in first and second in the seven-person race in the June primary, are now facing off. A former Republican, Gill says he turned away from the party years ago after experiencing discrimination for his Muslim faith and that he quickly became a “staunch Democrat.” Positioned as the more progressive candidate in …
