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Battles between Latino and Asian political candidates could reshape L.A.’s Eastside
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Battles between Latino and Asian political candidates could reshape L.A.’s Eastside

LA Times  

The text message that showed up on the phones of Eastside voters last month began with a warning: Forty years of Latino political representation is under threat. Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León, center, sent a text message warning that Latino representation in his district is “threatened.” His opponent, Ysabel Jurado, called it racially divisive. At the same time, …

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Fontana’s Black mayor is cracking down on Latino street vendors. Both sides allege racism
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Fontana’s Black mayor is cracking down on Latino street vendors. Both sides allege racism

LA Times  

At meeting after meeting, activists, social justice groups and residents took their turn at the lectern in the Fontana City Council chambers in the fall to sound off against Mayor Acquanetta Warren. “It’s fascist, classist, racist, xenophobic and a grave injustice,” Fontana resident Evan Webb, a staunch ally of local activist groups, told the council at another October meeting. “I …

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Column: May Jose Huizar’s fall be the end of the ‘Eastside politico’
1 year, 11 months ago

Column: May Jose Huizar’s fall be the end of the ‘Eastside politico’

LA Times  

When news broke this week that former Los Angeles Councilmember Jose Huizar was going to plead guilty to federal racketeering charges for his role in a corruption scandal that rocked Los Angeles politics, I immediately thought of “American Me.” No, not the overwrought Edward James Olmos movie about the origins of the Mexican Mafia — I’m talking about the long-forgotten …

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L.A. City Council racist audio leak, transcribed and annotated
2 years, 1 month ago

L.A. City Council racist audio leak, transcribed and annotated

LA Times  

More than a year after it was secretly recorded and a month after it was leaked, a backroom conversation among three Los Angeles City Council members and a prominent union president continues to shake city politics. Julia Wick, reporter “Curren” This refers to Curren Price, a political ally of Martinez’s and a two-term L.A. City Council member who represents Council …

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Op-Ed: Racial divides in Los Angeles politics are wrong morally and pragmatically
2 years, 2 months ago

Op-Ed: Racial divides in Los Angeles politics are wrong morally and pragmatically

LA Times  

Nury Martinez, shown at a City Council meeting in 2019, resigned as council president and took a leave of absence as of Tuesday. The leaked racist remarks by some of the city’s most prominent Latino leaders — City Councilmembers Kevin de León, Gil Cedillo and Nury Martinez, who has resigned as council president, and L.A. County Federation of Labor leader …

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