Former Los Angeles City Councilmember Gil Cedillo, shown in 2019. Before joining The Times in 2019, Wick was the editor in chief of LAist and a senior editor at Longreads. [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. "For them to be doing that, there's something wrong with their campaign. It operates separately from the newsroom. In a questionnaire circulated by L.A.s Democratic Socialists, he was asked if he is a police abolitionist and checked the box indicating yes. On that form, he described abolition as an eventual goal, saying he favors caring for our communities, instead of violently oppressing our neighbors.. Thats the case in City Council District 1, where policy advocate and community organizer Eunisses Hernandez is running against Councilmember Gil Cedillo, who is seeking a third term. This modern version of McCarthyism is a danger to democracy, not a defense. 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 redistricting process,. O'Farrell canceled Friday's meeting and again called on Cedillo and De Len to resign. "This is kind of like high school thing," Tapia said. [citation needed] The bill allows drivers without a license who are stopped at checkpoints to have a licensed driver retrieve the vehicle and thereby avoid having the vehicle impounded for 30 days. Wick says that he is to the left of the incumbent . Get up to speed with our Essential California newsletter, sent six days a week. Performance & security by Cloudflare. Cedillo was already scheduled to step down Dec. 11 after community activist Eunisses Hernandez won the June primary in District 1. Cedillo is an outspoken critic of President Trump and has brought immigration issues facing Angelenos to the forefront since Trump took office. Why are we still having these debates? Soto-Martinez said the city needs fewer officers and more mental health counselors, trained mediators and addiction specialists. 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. ", I know Gilbert, I know hes not a racist, Sanchez said. That anger was part of what drove her to run. Warmer storms could cause problems, LAPD should stop handling many non-emergency calls, police union says, Eric Garcettis stalled nomination to ambassadors post sees slight progress, Column: It took public shaming, but victims of LAPDs fireworks explosion wont be evicted, L.A. [33] In the primary election Cedillo won 49.4 percent, missing the threshold to avoid a runoff election. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. Whos bringing the marshmallows?. Shes one of several candidates who have called for the defunding of law enforcement. 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. Still, Soto-Martinezs public safety message has varied, depending on the audience. [clarification needed], In 2006 and 2009 Cedillo again brought the proposal before the California legislature, failing both times. She said she would launch community reviews of the most dangerous intersections, and advocate for bike lanes, bus benches and shelters, redesigned streets and pedestrian plazas, so its easier for people to get around without cars. Thats not expected in South L.A.s 9th District, where Price, a two-term incumbent, is facing a vigorous challenge from Vasquez. 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. Cedillo should have been using his leadership on the committee to more aggressively push systemic housing reforms. Most of the challengers describe their opponents as too far removed from the struggle and too entrenched in the city establishment. The increase in crime its very visible. 25). Corados political career was born out of tragedy: His younger sister Melyda Mely Corado was fatally shot by a Los Angeles police officer at the Silver Lake Trader Joes where she worked in 2018. Her consistent, collaborative efforts helped change hearts, minds and bureaucracies in one of the most complex areas of public policy. / KCAL News. 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. The Los Angeles Times editorial board determines the positions of The Times as an institution. [9] Cedillo attempted to have driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants reinstated, and was the author of the California DREAM Act. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. He ran for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council representing Council District 1 and was elected in 2013. Protesting works, she wrote, with the hashtag #DefundPolice. The three incumbents backed a $150-million reduction to Mayor Eric Garcettis police budget in 2020, only to favor an increase a year later. When Price won his first political campaign an Inglewood City Council race in 1993 it was at the expense of a three-term incumbent. All rights reserved. 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 to resign for staying silent, with no look at who said what in that room, and ignoring the totality of my work and history? When told that the term was offensive to disabled people, she re-recorded the song with new lyrics. "While I did not engage in the conversation in question, I was present at times during this meeting last year. Gilbert Cedillo (also known as Gil) was a member of the Los Angeles City Council in California, representing District 1. 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. [citation needed], Cedillo tried nine times, since 1998, to get bills passed in the California State Legislature that would allow undocumented immigrants in California to obtain driver's licenses. 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. Councilmember-elect Eunisses Hernandez, who defeated Gil Cedillo in June, stands behind Bonin. Times staff writer Julia Wick contributed to this report. Her and her mom hand silk-screened all of these. Joe Bray-Ali, who is running against incumbent Gil Cedillo, made the allegation. Knock LA found that Councilmember Blumenfield's office fully redacted zero items in his calendar between December 2021 and March 2022. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. A security video released by homeowner Carlos Tapia in Mount Washington shows a Tesla SUV pulling up in. ", 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. 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. TerrazasCross did not respond when asked whether that line in the letter was a reference to Bass suggesting that Rick Caruso, her opponent in the mayoral race, paid for the endorsement of a local Latino Democratic club comments for which she later apologized. Cedillo, 68, was trailing Hernandez by 292 votes, according to the latest count released by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. (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 . Eunisses Hernandez, a 32-year-old activist who ousted two-term Councilmember Gil Cedillo in the June primary, is not scheduled to take over his seat until December. 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. If you do all that, he said during a recent candidate forum, crime is going to drop so drastically that the rest of it is just going to be up to us, to figure out how to keep each other safe.. District 1 stretches from Highland Park and Glassell Park in the north through Elysian Park and Chinatown to Westlake and Pico Union. A member of the Democratic Party, Cedillo was previously a member of both the California State Assembly and the California State Senate. 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. 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. (Madeleine Hordinski / Los Angeles Times), Meghan Choi served as field director for the 2017 Salans campaign, not campaign manager. Weeks later, college administrator Dulce Vasquez posted her response to the City Councils decision to cut hundreds of LAPD officers. [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. Each of them voted last year to study the idea of moving traffic enforcement away from armed officers, although progress on that has been slow. Cedillo has yet to concede. The population of District 1 is nearly two-thirds Latino, but some areas have seen wealthier, white residents move in. His spokesperson, Conrado TerrazasCross, did not respond when asked why Cedillo chose to wait until after his term was over before releasing the letter. [21] AB2895 was introduced to the legislature by one of Cedillo's closest allies, Speaker of the Assembly Fabian Nez. "It's enraging. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times. 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. Not even like Kevin little ones. We know that police officers do not prevent crime, he said at one forum. Sitting council members will still have strong advantages in the primary, but the near-invincible protection of incumbency may be eroding. Soto-Martinez is looking to unseat Councilman Mitch. 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. Challenger Joe Bray-Ali drew 38 percent, more than any other challenger, and was able to face Cedillo in the runoff. Read more endorsements at: latimes.com/endorsements. Cedillo, like Price and OFarrell, voted repeatedly over the past decade to increase the police budget, signing off on several raises for officers. A self-described Mexican American Jew who has a Black brother-in-law and a Black nephew, Harris said she was left shaking after hearing Martinez's suggestion of striking the young Black son of a white councilmember, and questioned why Cedillo didnt shut down the talk. (The Washington Post reported that Lizzos decision to rerelease the song was celebrated online.), Cedillo closes by saying: I will never turn my back on the communities I have represented or the people for whom I have fought. 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.. COVID origins? But outsiderdom is hardly an immutable trait. 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. For more primary day election results, click here. Councilman Gil Cedillo faces widespread calls to resign and criticism for not speaking up in the leaked racist conversation that has left allies feeling broken-hearted and opponents emboldened. In 1977, Cedillo earned a Bachelor's degree in Sociology from UCLA. involved with the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall promised by President Donald Trump before being able to work with the City of Los Angeles. Vasquez is challenging Councilman Curren Price in South Los Angeles. "Privileged powerful people stopping business from being conducted at City Hall is a gut punch, Harris said. So they would be the essential workers, said Vasquez, a Mexican immigrant who at one time had been in the country without legal authorization. David Zahniser covers Los Angeles City Hall for the Los Angeles Times. Today signifies much more than just another bill being signed by our governor. The race also features Soto-Martinez, a hotel union organizer who secured the support of the L.A. chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America and Ground Game L.A. groups that have called for abolishing the police. Latinos make up about half of the citys population, but at the time of the conversation held just four of 15 council seats. Pay farmers handsomely to give up their water rights. We agree that L.A. should divert officers away from jobs that are unsuited to their skills. He apologized in mid-October and told The Times that he didnt make racist remarks or mock his colleagues during the conversation. In the old days, you had 15% turnout and a candidate could talk to every one of those voters. 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. [citation needed]. 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. [6] Cedillo was fired from the union after losing a power struggle with Local 660's board of directors. We recommend Hernandez for Council District 1. [7], Cedillo won a special election on January 13, 1998, to the California State Assembly's 46th district, and served there until 2002.[8]. People see it.. Vasquez is challenging Councilman Curren Price in South Los Angeles. 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. Opinion: Guns are the biggest public health threat kids face. However, this also carries a sense of turnabout: In 2015, Cedillo endorsed Gloria Molina, who was running . Copyright 2023 KABC Television, LLC. Community activist Eunisses Hernandez pulled ahead of Los Angeles City Councilman Gil Cedillo on Tuesday, dealing a major setback to his bid for a third and final term. Because of term limits, Cedillo could not run for reelection to the California State Legislature in 2012. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) Two days after a leaked audio recording jolted Los Angeles, angry. 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. Challenging Price in a district that includes much of South L.A., Vasquez cited a similar frustration with the status quo. At the other end of the spectrum is Albert Corado, whose sister was shot to death by police in 2018 during a standoff in Silver Lake. What was really being discussed? That case-by-case decision making breeds corruption and it has often resulted in less affordable housing. Like Hernandez and Soto-Martnez, Vasquez is young and digitally savvy, but she is hesitant on the progressive label, saying that though she would probably brand herself that way, her views dont fit perfectly squarely in any box.. She is a native Angeleno. They show up after it happens.. Your IP: His campaign has five paid staffers, including two field directors who have been active in Ground Game since its inception. A bombshell recording has thrown L.A. politics into chaos. 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. I kept thinking of what my life would be like if I were 12, 13, 14 years old. Hernandez, a long-time resident of District 1, has led the ballot count for the last several days. Were not going to stop until we defund the police, get rid of [Dist. 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. 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