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%. The council member has also been a barrier to building bike infrastructure and street projects designed to make it safer and easier for people to travel without a car. My mom to this day cleans houses. 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. Today is history in the making because it is the day we return justice back to the people.[27]. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. The greater the turnout, the more diverse the electorate is, including younger, more progressive voters, said Fernando Guerra, director of Loyola Marymount Universitys Center for the Study of Los Angeles. But Soto-Martinez offered a more muted response during a candidate forum hosted by groups in the Windsor Square area. You dont reduce that by defunding the police, the councilman said in an interview. Eunisses had 50.65% of the vote, compared to Councilman Gil Cedillos 49.35%, as of Tuesday. Council President Nury Martinez needs to resign, Councilmembers Kevin De Leon and Gil. Here are 10 you cant miss, Editorial: Ousting L.A. Countys chief probation officer isnt enough. Congresswoman Solis accepted an appointment from President-elect Barack Obama as United States Labor Secretary. But the transformative policy, which has since been replicated by a wave of other states, remains a key part of his legacy. He assumed office in 2013. Former Los Angeles City Councilmember Gil Cedillo, shown in 2019. Cedillo should have been using his leadership on the committee to more aggressively push systemic housing reforms. Councilman Gil Cedillo, a veteran politician forced into a rare runoff in 2017, is being challenged by community activist Eunisses Hernandez in a district stretching from MacArthur Park to northeast Los Angeles. Cedillo is an outspoken critic of President Trump and has brought immigration issues facing Angelenos to the forefront since Trump took office. Discussion of this topic led to assessing which Council members might support expanded Latino representation and who might see that as a step back for other communities, particularly districts represented by African Americans, Cedillo writes. Former Councilmember Gil Cedillos Why I Did Not Resign letter. Atty.] 2017 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Latinos make up about half of the citys population, but at the time of the conversation held just four of 15 council seats. The power of incumbency typically brings considerable financial advantages and establishment backing to candidates at all levels of government. He also notes that he has had African American friends and mentors my entire life, from sports and school to politics., He argues that the way the media covered the leak scandal isnt how the media covers other racially insensitive conversations, comparing the October 2021 conversation which included racist comments about a council members young Black son with now-Mayor Karen Bass making some regrettable comments in a debate.. LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- 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. Now, all three are running for Los Angeles City Council in the June 7 election, looking to unseat a trio of incumbents who have served on the body for nearly a decade. 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. Solano Canyon's Harris said she was already frustrated with Cedillo's representation of the district, and now is angry the council meeting was canceled. There is a value to having contrary opinions in City Hall, where so many processes and policies havent been reconsidered for decades and the status quo isnt serving vast numbers of Angelenos. In 2011, Cedillo authored a pair of assembly bills to allow undocumented immigrants to obtain financial aid for universities through both private and public sources. Because of term limits, Cedillo could not run for reelection to the California State Legislature in 2012. "One devil and another devil," Cedillo. We're doing it with no budget because I'm a grassroots candidate,"Bray-Ali said. A version of the bill was finally signed into law after Cedillo was termed out of office. The population of District 1 is nearly two-thirds Latino, but some areas have seen wealthier, white residents move in. That is unacceptable.. Hernandez has spent years working to transform the criminal justice system, and she wants to curb the responsibilities and power of the Los Angeles Police Department. Thats important because the median household income in the district is around $35,000, well below the city average, and gentrification and displacement are huge issues as rising home prices and rents have priced out longtime residents. Readers speculate why, Letters to the Editor: Serious about the drought? In 2010, Cedillo authored California's SRC 113, a resolution for a statewide boycott of the State of Arizona, following Arizona's passage of SB 1070, an undocumented immigration enforcement bill. She was part of the team that was a 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist in breaking news for work covering a fatal shooting on the set of the film Rust. Previously, she was the author of the Essential California newsletter. The LAPD now has 9,371 officers, down from about 10,000 in 2020. Cedillo was already scheduled to step down Dec. 11 after community activist Eunisses Hernandez won the June primary in District 1. I kept thinking of what my life would be like if I were 12, 13, 14 years old. Warmer storms could cause problems, 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. But the decision on whether private developments should have affordable units shouldnt be left to the whims of the council member. "We have more members on the council. ", "My daughter is a 9-year-old Girl Scout. [6] Cedillo was fired from the union after losing a power struggle with Local 660's board of directors. You decide whether you want to take your diabetes medicine. But in a political arena where neighborhood-level discourse has typically dominated over big-picture ideology, former L.A. Councilman and county Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky warned against painting with too broad a brush, particularly in regard to how increased turnout may affect election outcomes. Those positions are bizarre and dangerous, the mailer said. [citation needed] Gil Cedillo is a member of the Council of La Raza. ", Guerra decried the racism in the conversation and lack of leadership shown in the group, and added: "I have never heard [Cedillo] utter a single racist or anti-Black comment in my entire life.". A member of the Democratic Party, Cedillo was previously a member of both the California State Assembly and the California State Senate . 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Click to reveal Corado, Soto-Martinez and a third candidate, former council aide Kate Pynoos, have signed a no new cops pledge circulated by the Peoples Budget Coalition, which is led by Black Lives Matter-L.A. Signers of that document must commit to voting against any plan for hiring additional police above attrition. Cedillo's description of the rise in Latino power matched his own path to City Hall. [citation needed] In the midst of the 2003 recall election, Davis backed and signed SB60 (2003), Cedillo's driver's license bill. Now he faces widespread calls to resign and criticism for not speaking up, and for at points chiming in during the divisive and loaded conversation that has left allies feeling brokenhearted and opponents emboldened. Soto-Martinez is looking to unseat Councilman Mitch OFarrell in Hollywood. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a1452c7fffb995c That thing for us is to exercise our power.. 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Gil Cedillo was born on 25 March, 1954 in Barstow, California, United States, is an American politician. [citation needed]. Councilmember-elect Eunisses Hernandez, who defeated Gil Cedillo in June, stands behind Bonin. Cedillo received 71,199 votes, Ten received 18,581 votes, and Murray Levy, a Libertarian candidate, received 3,469 votes. When told that the term was offensive to disabled people, she re-recorded the song with new lyrics. O'Farrell canceled Friday's meeting and again called on Cedillo and De Len to resign. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. We have a Mexican in charge of the [City] Council, Cedillo said. Those same groups often the loudest, most organized voices on neighborhood-level issues tended to hold outsize sway with council offices. Were not going to stop until we defund the police, get rid of [Dist. Cedillo attempted to speak to Bonin on the City Council floor Tuesday, but Graham-Caso advised Cedillo that an apology wasnt appropriate in front of the television cameras. The letter reiterates Cedillos regret over not speaking up during the conversation, but suggests that he and his Latino colleagues were held to a different standard than other politicians and describes his critics warped zealotry as cancel culture and a modern version of McCarthyism., I publicly apologized for not cutting off my colleagues when their comments crossed a line, Cedillo writes. In the rudderless months after his sisters death, Corado who is now running on a police abolition platform began organizing with activist groups such as NOlympics and Street Watch. When Price won his first political campaign an Inglewood City Council race in 1993 it was at the expense of a three-term incumbent. Opinion: Why does Mexicos president want to dismantle the democratic system that elected him? With such a large field of candidates, the race will likely produce a Nov. 8 runoff between the top two. We're in a different spot now than we were 25 years ago. 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. Before joining The Times in 2019, Wick was the editor in chief of LAist and a senior editor at Longreads. Her and her mom hand silk-screened all of these. - Free Online Library", "Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. - Newsroom", "Gov. Cedillo, in turn, has distributed fliers blasting Hernandez over some of her stances, including her support for the decriminalization of certain drug offenses, such as heroin possession. David Zahniser covers Los Angeles City Hall for the Los Angeles Times. Hernandez, on the other hand, is a police abolitionist who has focused on the closure of jails and prisons. Corado, a self-described police abolitionist, has the endorsement of Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles, and has spoken in vivid terms about shutting down the LAPD. The pandemic and protests around police reform also put klieg lights on city government, making it a focus of new attention for a broad swath of Angelenos. Today signifies much more than just another bill being signed by our governor. I have poor people, he told Martinez. A Bass spokesperson declined to comment on Cedillos comparison. [20] Senator Cedillo agreed to repeal the law he wrote under the agreement with the Governor to work on a bipartisan bill. [19][citation needed] After Davis was recalled and Arnold Schwarzenegger became governor, the state legislature, with Schwarzenegger's support, repealed the new law before it went into effect. The number of candidates in OFarrells race increases the likelihood that the group will siphon away votes to force the councilman into a November runoff. Last year, the number of homicides in the city reached its highest point since 2006, in large part due to increased gun violence. The assembly bills, known as AB130 and AB131 for private and public financial aid respectively, became law. Now hes under review, Before and after photos from space show storms effect on California reservoirs, Dramatic before and after photos from space show epic snow blanketing SoCal mountains, Its really bad up here. Stranded residents in San Bernardino Mountains brace for more snow, Yet more rain expected to hit California in March. Last year, he succeeded in moving about $90 million out of the department and into job programs, anti-gang initiatives, a guaranteed income program and other community services. 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. Cedillo and Hernandez have taken plenty of swings at each other. Guerra has known Cedillo for more than 20 years, and watched as labor and immigrant rights groups propelled Cedillo to the state Assembly in 1997, a campaign in which his allies tapped into anger over Republican Gov. In 2002, he was elected to the State Senate. Cedillo released a statement in response:"Stealing yard signs is against the law and goes against the spirit of our electoral system. 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. They were on neighborhood councils and in homeowners associations and it was basically like small-town government, said Newman, who once worked for the late Councilman Tom LaBonge. Cedillo filed a claim in December 2010 with the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board seeking back pay for what he maintains were illegal pay and benefit cuts. As of Monday morning, Hernandez has more than 53% of the votes compared to Cedillo, who currently stands at 46%. Your IP: [29][30], Gil Cedillo ran for reelection in Council District 1 in Los Angeles. In August 2011, at nearly the same time AB131 was passed by the Senate, AB353 also passed. Nothing, however, satisfied her critics, Cedillo writes. Copyright 2023 KABC Television, LLC. He ran for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council representing Council District 1 and was elected in 2013. . in front of LAX, during a protest supporting the right for employees to unionize at the LAX hotels. Cedillo, 68, was trailing Hernandez by 292 votes, according to the latest count released by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. Soto-Martinez, for his part, said he would replace every officer who leaves the department with twice as many mental health professionals or other unarmed workers an approach that would shrink the LAPD even more. Both Martinez and Herrera resigned this week after a furor over the racist and derogatory remarks. Vasquez, who signed the no new cops pledge, said she would support hiring enough officers to keep the department at its authorized strength of 9,706, the number backed by the council last year. The electorate is complicated. Councilman Mitch OFarrell is being forced into a Nov. 8 runoff and is now trailing his opponent, labor organizer Hugo Soto-Martinez, in a district that takes in all or part of Hollywood, Silver Lake, Echo Park and Atwater Village. citizens. Track SoCal rain with LIVE Megadoppler 7000 HD. ", Fernando Guerra, a professor of political science at Loyola Marymount University, when asked specifically about Cedillo's comments, said, "It's not appropriate to discuss any group by their physical traits. As the head of the criminal justice reform group La Defensa, she campaigned successfully in 2020 for passage of Measure J, a ballot item aimed at moving hundreds of millions of dollars away from county law enforcement and into social services. LOS ANGELES - 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. Her campaign which has raised $211,389, more than any other challenger is being helmed by veteran political firm Bryson Gillette, and one of her early fundraising events was hosted by former Mayor Richard Riordan. He apologized in mid-October and told The Times that he didnt make racist remarks or mock his colleagues during the conversation. Wick says that he is to the left of the incumbent . Our campaign in no way condones the actions of these individuals, who appear to have been supporters of Councilmember Cedillo acting on their own. People in Los Angeles protest to defund the police in September 2020. Its about care, and getting them connected to support and long-term services.. I think it is unusual in the city of L.A. to have this many challengers who are getting the traction that they are. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. When Hilda Solis joined the Obama administration, Cedillo became a candidate to replace her for California's 32nd congressional district seat, but lost to Judy Chu in the 2009 special election. We know that police officers do not prevent crime, he said at one forum. Sara Harris, a co-founder of 1866 in Solano Canyon, a neighborhood group in Cedillos district, sent a letter to acting council President Mitch OFarrell on Friday, demanding Cedillo step down. 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