I have poor people, he told Martinez. Soto-Martinez is closely allied with Raman and Councilmember-elect Eunisses Hernandez, who just unseated Councilmember Gil Cedillo. Times staff writer Julia Wick contributed to this report. No one, she said, should be punished for drug use. Soto-Martinez later said it was ridiculous for the issue to be reduced to a hand raise. He described abolition as a goal that would be reached only after the city has taken major steps to combat economic and racial injustice. I hope to one day make smores while the LAPD headquarters in downtown burns to the ground, Corado wrote last year. Julia Wick is a Metro reporter for the Los Angeles Times covering City Hall and the 2022 Los Angeles mayoral election. In a mailer, her campaign. He assumed office in 2013. 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. On other issues, his office has been called unresponsive and aloof, with some constituents complaining that Cedillo is unwilling to engage with residents and groups that he disagrees with. At that event, the candidates were asked to raise their hands to indicate whether they think defunding the police is a good idea. Hernandez, who lives in Highland Park, said she supports more treatment facilities and safe consumption sites for drug users. "One devil and another devil," Cedillo. 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. At the same time, Vasquez said, she would work to ensure that police no longer handle traffic enforcement, mental health calls, clerical duties or complaint calls about homeless encampments. Former Councilmember Gil Cedillos Why I Did Not Resign letter. But outsiderdom is hardly an immutable trait. By all conventional measures, the campaign had been a failure. OFarrell, Price and Cedillo say they are already working to transform policing by adding body cameras, bringing on mental health specialists and making other changes. 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. David Zahniser covers Los Angeles City Hall for the Los Angeles Times. Hernandez, a long-time resident of District 1, has led the ballot count for the last several days. [1] Since October 2022, there have been widespread calls for his resignation after an audio recording of him and other council members making racist remarks was released. Thats good. Challenging Price in a district that includes much of South L.A., Vasquez cited a similar frustration with the status quo. City elections used to be held in odd-numbered years and typically drew only a small fraction of registered voters. Critics claim that the measure is a waste of taxpayer money for an already cash-strapped California with tuition costs increasing and many students unable to continue their education. Were not going to stop until we defund the police, get rid of [Dist. It is rare for City Council members to endorse someone running against an incumbent. Jerry Brown signs driver's license bill for undocumented immigrants", "Cedillo's challenge to legislative pay cut is tentatively denied", "Assemblyman Gil Cedillo to run for Los Angeles City Council", "Gil Cedillo: "The Nation Has To Thank Bernie Sanders", "The 'Bernie vote' is split in the race to replace Xavier Becerra in Congress", "Municipal elections in Los Angeles, California (2017)", "L.A. City Councilman Gil Cedillo and bike activist Joe Bray-Ali looking at May 16 runoff election", "LA City Council: Cedillo Wins Reelection, Ridriguez Heads to victory in northeast Valley", "I'm proud to support @gilcedillo's campaign for reelection to the City Council. [25] On October 3, 2013, California Governor Brown signed AB60, allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses. Here are 10 you cant miss, Review: A reimagined Secret Garden fails to flower anew at the Ahmanson Theatre, How USC trainers saved Vincent Iwuchukwu after cardiac arrest, Blizzard conditions close major highways and roads in Lake Tahoe area, I-5 closed through Grapevine as last wave of winter storm hits Southern California, Dictators and criminals fear this USC instructor whos making the case for an Oscar, Photos: Mountain communities buried in snow | More on the way, Prosecutor in controversial Hannah Tubbs case suspended for misgendering defendant. After winning a L.A. City Council seat in 2013, Cedillo won reelection in 2017 in a race that saw his opponent, Joe Bray-Ali, undone for making incendiary comments on a website with racist content. That thing for us is to exercise our power.. [citation needed] Proponents state that the bill would finally narrow the large gap in education for a US citizen and an undocumented immigrant, thus providing equality and greater opportunity. Thats not something weve seen historically, said Tommy Newman, vice president of United Way of Greater Los Angeles. 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. On Tuesday, Soto-Martinez was leading OFarrell 38% to 34%. - Free Online Library", "Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. - Newsroom", "Gov. (Not all Cedillo stripped low-income units from a 725-unit project in Chinatown, saying the area had enough affordable housing.) Hernandez said that, if elected, she would not vote to hire any additional LAPD officers. He could remain on the City Council until Dec. 11 without showing up, under rules that allow councilmembers to have absences for up to 60 days. in front of LAX, during a protest supporting the right for employees to unionize at the LAX hotels. Soto-Martinez said the city needs fewer officers and more mental health counselors, trained mediators and addiction specialists. A version of the bill was finally signed into law after Cedillo was termed out of office. The LAPD now has 9,371 officers, down from about 10,000 in 2020. However, this also carries a sense of turnabout: In 2015, Cedillo endorsed Gloria Molina, who was running . The action you just performed triggered the security solution. You decide whether you want to take your diabetes medicine. In the wake of Ramans 2020 win, some see a shift. City Councilmember Gil Cedillo, 68, stepped in to guide the discussion among himself, Councilmembers Nury Martinez and Kevin De Len, and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor leader Ron Herrera, when the conversation strayed from the topic of the 15 City Council districts. 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. ", Communications consultant Helen Sanchez, who first worked with Cedillo in the late 1980s on then-presidential candidate Michael Dukakis' campaign, said the lesson is that "we need to speak up when someone is saying terrible things, even if they are our friends. Here are 10 you cant miss, 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. MOUNT WASHINGTON (CBSLA.com)A Los Angeles city councilman running for re-election in the 1st Disctrict is accused of stealing his political rival's campaign signs. Cedillo should have been using his leadership on the committee to more aggressively push systemic housing reforms. Performance & security by Cloudflare. A member of the Democratic Party, Cedillo was previously a member of both the California State Assembly and the California State Senate . Labor organizer Hugo Soto-Martinez, a candidate for Los Angeles City Council, hands out campaign materials and talks with voters in February in East Hollywood. An earlier version of this story incorrectly spelled her first name as Megan., 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. In a majority-minority city where most people rent, the relatively small electorate was older, whiter and more likely to own homes than the city at large. When told that the term was offensive to disabled people, she re-recorded the song with new lyrics. When four Latino leaders held a meeting to discuss Los Angeles' City Council boundaries last year, one in the group acted at points as the political elder in the room, a now-infamous audio recording revealed. They should be held accountable for their actions. Eunisses had 50.65% of the vote, compared to Councilman Gil Cedillos 49.35%, as of Tuesday. Despite those efforts, Price said he does not view himself as a defund candidate. Most of the challengers describe their opponents as too far removed from the struggle and too entrenched in the city establishment. They show up after it happens.. 65.109.71.124 Eunisses Hernandez beat incumbent Gil Cedillo outright in the primary and will take office next term. Whos bringing the marshmallows?. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) Hours after announcing a screening of "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," embattled Los Angeles Councilmember Kevin de Lon postponed the event due to . On the city's Eastside in District 1, City Councilman Gilbert "Gil" Cedillo is getting a run for his money from his only challenger, public policy advocate Eunisses Hernndez. 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. He also worked on increasing and expanding access to health care, developing regional solutions to combat homelessness, and encouraging economic development in his Downtown Los Angeles district. Protesting works, she wrote, with the hashtag #DefundPolice. On Twitter, Corado has called police cadets future murderers and suggested more than once that LAPD officers eat their own guns. Because of term limits, Cedillo could not run for reelection to the California State Legislature in 2012. Both Martinez and Herrera resigned this week after a furor over the racist and derogatory remarks. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. The Boyle Heights native, who went to high school with former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, is one of the most well-known Latino politicians in California. All three challengers are mounting credible campaigns, hoping to replicate the 2020 success of Nithya Raman, who became the first council candidate to unseat an incumbent in 17 years. [22], In 2005, Cedillo authored SB60, another driver's license bill. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. They do not want to defund the police, Cedillo said in an interview. Cedillo texted Bonin the statement that he released Sunday night after The Times reported on the leaked audio. Cedillo released a statement in response:"Stealing yard signs is against the law and goes against the spirit of our electoral system. Joe Bray-Ali, who is running against incumbent Gil Cedillo, made the allegation. With the election just weeks away, L.A. City Controller Ron Galperin affirmed his support for Cedillo. Congresswoman Solis accepted an appointment from President-elect Barack Obama as United States Labor Secretary. "Privileged powerful people stopping business from being conducted at City Hall is a gut punch, Harris said. Johnson has criticized OFarrell for scaling back police spending in 2020, saying the move contributed to the decline in LAPD staffing. Toward the end of his letter, Cedillo turns toward a broader discussion of cancel culture, referencing a recent controversy that led to the singer Lizzo using then removing the word spaz from a song. 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. Today signifies much more than just another bill being signed by our governor. 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. Three years later, Salans and her volunteer field director, Meghan Choi, helped shepherd urban planner Nithya Ramans historic victory over Councilman David Ryu as co-campaign managers. Martinez described Councilmember Mike Bonins son as Parece changuito, or like a monkey, and, in describing his behavior at a public event, said the boy deserved a "beatdown., At one point in that section of the recording, Cedillo appeared to say that the boy needs a "pinch. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Before joining The Times in 2019, Wick was the editor in chief of LAist and a senior editor at Longreads. And in the City Council elections, every district has its own idiosyncratic issues, Yaroslavsky said. My mom to this day cleans houses. L.A. City Council candidate Eunisses Hernandez greets a Glassell Park resident while campaigning. Cedillo prides himself on negotiating with developers to set a certain number of affordable units at least 20%, he said in market-rate projects. In 1983, Cedillo earned a J.D. [33] In the primary election Cedillo won 49.4 percent, missing the threshold to avoid a runoff election. Cedillo has . Cedillo worked for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU Local 660), Los Angeles County's largest union, where he served as general manager from 1990 to 1996. Gilbert Cedillo (also known as Gil) was a member of the Los Angeles City Council in California, representing District 1. Through that work, Hernandez has developed a reputation as both a visionary and pragmatic organizer, steeped in the details and committed to making change over the long haul. 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. (Image: Eric Kelly | Courtesy of the Eunisses Hernandez Campaign) On April 6, the Hillside Villa Tenants Association held a protest at Councilmember Gil Cedillo's field office, saying that Cedillo hadn't kept his . Challenger Joe Bray-Ali drew 38 percent, more than any other challenger, and was able to face Cedillo in the runoff. His campaign has five paid staffers, including two field directors who have been active in Ground Game since its inception. Cedillo disappeared from the public stage in mid-October, shortly after The Times reported on the inflammatory backroom conversation, with his spokesperson repeatedly telling reporters that the veteran politician was at a place of reflection.. Our campaign in no way condones the actions of these individuals, who appear to have been supporters of Councilmember Cedillo acting on their own. 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. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. Your IP: 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. [15] Chu defeated Cedillo with 15,338 votes (31.9%) to Cedillo's 11,244 votes (23.4%). Sitting council members will still have strong advantages in the primary, but the near-invincible protection of incumbency may be eroding. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) Two days after a leaked audio recording jolted Los Angeles, angry. We agree that L.A. should divert officers away from jobs that are unsuited to their skills. "We have more members on the council. "The latest vote count confirms what we've said all along: CD1 demands true, honest, and responsive representation in city hall," said Hernandez in a statement posted on Twitter. [16], Following his failed bid for U.S. Congress, Cedillo was elected to the California State Assembly's 45th District seat in 2010. Vasquez is challenging Councilman Curren Price in South Los Angeles. [11], On January 8, 2009, Cedillo announced his candidacy for the 32nd Congressional District seat, which was vacated by Congresswoman Hilda Solis. The man then drops the. 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, Column: Supreme Court conservatives may want to block student loan forgiveness. That case-by-case decision making breeds corruption and it has often resulted in less affordable housing. (Madeleine Hordinski / Los Angeles Times), Meghan Choi served as field director for the 2017 Salans campaign, not campaign manager. My dad works in construction. But to resign for staying silent, with no look at who said what in that room, and ignoring the totality of my work and history? You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. The field to unseat him includes Steve Johnson, a sergeant in the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department who wants to add about 1,500 police officers. LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- Former City Councilman Gil Cedillo, who defied widespread calls to resign over his participation in a racist 2021 conversation that attempted to manipulate the city's. Here are the L.A. Times editorial board endorsements for elected offices in Los Angeles city and county, LAUSD, superior court, statewide offices, the state legislature and U.S. House and Senate seats. Let me say this. OFarrell said he thinks the LAPD needs more officers but did not specify how many. In the conversation about redistricting which took place in October 2021 at the L.A. County Federation of Labor the group discussed maintaining Latino political power while also ensuring they and their colleagues would have districts that help them win reelection. [4] In his years as general manager, he protected youth programs and played a critical role in securing $364 million in federal assistance to ensure that the Los Angeles County Health Care system remained afloat. The district has added more affordable housing since 2009 than any other council district. L.A. Times reporters and columnists pick it apart, line by line. At the state level, Cedillo was nicknamed One Bill Gil for his tenacious and at times seemingly quixotic quest to pass legislation allowing immigrants who are in the country without authorization to obtain drivers licenses. Karen Bass is an extraordinarily qualified, battle-tested, mission-driven leader, and should be L.A.s next mayor. De Len and Cedillo have been under. Here are 10 you cant miss, 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. 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. Column: 15 minutes of fame flies by. Cedillo was endorsed by Bernie Sanders and has long championed immigrant rights. Just hours after his City Council term ended, Gil Cedillo released a three-page letter Monday titled Why I Did Not Resign, in which he shares his thoughts about the racist conversation and leak scandal that tarred his final months in office. Cedillo participated in Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA). [14] Cedillo received a majority of other major endorsements, including eight members of California's Congressional Delegation, LA Sheriff Lee Baca, Los Angeles Police Chief Bill Bratton, and more than 100 current and former public officials, including Senator Gloria Romero, Senator Ron Calderon, and Assemblymember Ed Chavez, who all dropped out of the race and endorsed Cedillo. But Soto-Martinez offered a more muted response during a candidate forum hosted by groups in the Windsor Square area. 2017 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Rifts and alliances on the City Council are common, and Bonin endorsed Hernandez in the race. But her public safety strategy is more moderate than the ones being pushed by some of OFarrells opponents. Cedillo was one of four high-profile participants in the secretly recorded October 2021 conversation, which centered on Los Angeles once-a-decade redistricting process and included racist and derogatory comments about a rainbow coalition of groups. ", He declined an interview request Friday, with his spokesman Conrado TerrazasCross saying, Councilmember Cedillo is at a place of reflection.". [12] In the blanket primary (now superseded by Proposition 14's "top two" primary system), Cedillo competed against Judy Chu, a former Monterey Park assemblywoman and vice-chairman of the State Board of Equalization;[13] the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, voted to endorse Chu. Readers speculate why, Letters to the Editor: Serious about the drought? He ran for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council representing Council District 1 and was elected in 2013. . [citation needed] The measures have drawn both praise and criticism from various organizations. You decide whether youre going to do chemo or even drink coffee.. LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The male-dominated Los Angeles City Council could soon see a bit of a female shakeup with newcomer Eunisses Hernandez appearing to have unseated incumbent Gil Cedillo in . In the Hollywood-to-Atwater Village district where Salans ran in 2017, OFarrell is facing more than a half-dozen competitors, including two progressive candidates former council aide Kate Pynoos and labor leader Hugo Soto-Martnez who have raised more than $100,000. In 2010, Cedillo attempted to reverse a pay cut approved by voters in 2009 for all 120 lawmakers (Prop. The increase in crime its very visible. People see it.. I think every election going forward is going to be tough, Price said, citing a number of factors, including turnout and a new generation of voters who want to challenge the system. Not long after the death of George Floyd in 2020, labor organizer Hugo Soto-Martinez protested at Echo Park Lake, where he and hundreds of others demanded cuts to the Los Angeles Police Department. Earlier, the comments in the roughly hourlong audio veered into divisive and racist remarks. Nothing, however, satisfied her critics, Cedillo writes. In the video, which appeared on KTLA news, a man exits the Tesla, enters a neighboring yard and steals signs that support Joe Bray-Ali, who is running against Cedillo. All these new people are going to be voting people whove historically voted in congressional and state elections who havent voted in city elections, said Pynoos, a former aide to Councilman Mike Bonin running against OFarrell. 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