Nothing, however, satisfied her critics, Cedillo writes. 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. Hernandez is running against Councilman Gil Cedillo on the Eastside. District 1 stretches from Highland Park and Glassell Park in the north through Elysian Park and Chinatown to Westlake and Pico Union. However, this also carries a sense of turnabout: In 2015, Cedillo endorsed Gloria Molina, who was running . Johnson has criticized OFarrell for scaling back police spending in 2020, saying the move contributed to the decline in LAPD staffing. Cedillo argues that their task was particularly difficult because of former President Trumps attempt to exclude millions of immigrants in the country illegally from the 2020 census, writing: My former council district lost untold thousands of residents, and I have yet to see the media outrage for that crime against our Latino communities.. Cedillo was already scheduled to step down Dec. 11 after community activist Eunisses Hernandez won the June primary in District 1. 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. Cedillo and Hernandez have taken plenty of swings at each other. Ive seen how incarcerating folks has just not kept us safe, and so I do believe we need to divert people out of our carceral system, she said. 25). He has described L.A. as the most under-policed big city in America and has concluded that voters are worried about their personal safety. 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. 3 min read. 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.. Readers speculate why, Letters to the Editor: Serious about the drought? And in the City Council elections, every district has its own idiosyncratic issues, Yaroslavsky said. [26] Cedillo remarked, It took a long time, but now its here. Cedillo lost his Los Angeles City Council seat in the 2022 election to left-wing challenger Eunisses Hernandez. The power of incumbency typically brings considerable financial advantages and establishment backing to candidates at all levels of government. I didn't know there was even a campaign going on. Cedillo texted Bonin the statement that he released Sunday night after The Times reported on the leaked audio. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. I have poor people, he told Martinez. We have a Mexican in charge of the [City] Council, Cedillo said. ", 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. The county Federation of Labor identified new Latino voters, sending them mailers that Cedillo was the Democrat that Pete Wilson feared most.". [9] Cedillo attempted to have driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants reinstated, and was the author of the California DREAM Act. I hope to one day make smores while the LAPD headquarters in downtown burns to the ground, Corado wrote last year. 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. Soto-Martinez is closely allied with Raman and Councilmember-elect Eunisses Hernandez, who just unseated Councilmember Gil Cedillo. [10] He was Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Immigration and the Economy and was a member of the Senate standing committees on Appropriations, Health, Public Safety, Rules, and Transportation and Housing. 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. 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. 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. ", "My daughter is a 9-year-old Girl Scout. She wants the city to take action on the troubled Animal Services department. 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. Click to reveal Shes also focused on affordable housing production and tenant protections. But the decision on whether private developments should have affordable units shouldnt be left to the whims of the council member. The group soon grew into Ground Game L.A., a grass-roots organization dedicated to building community and electoral power. But we also believe Los Angeles, like most of the U.S., needs a professional police force and if it takes more money or manpower to have fair, protective community policing, that is a worthy investment. Copyright 2023 KABC Television, LLC. 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. Former Council President Nury Martinez and former L.A. County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera quit shortly after the tape was disclosed. March 6, 2017 / 10:39 PM 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. [24] After Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill, Cedillo threatened to file a lawsuit against the Governor because of his belief that the Department of Motor Vehicles misinterpreted SB976 (1993), which first prohibited the issuance of driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. As of Monday morning, Hernandez has more than 53% of the votes compared to Cedillo, who currently stands at 46%. As the only serious candidate challenging Cedillo, Hernandez faces a more difficult climb. I think it is unusual in the city of L.A. to have this many challengers who are getting the traction that they are. There. She is a native Angeleno. I kept thinking of what my life would be like if I were 12, 13, 14 years old. No one, she said, should be punished for drug use. Cedillo released a statement in response:"Stealing yard signs is against the law and goes against the spirit of our electoral system. "I think that Mr. Cedillo has to answer for why petty crime is how he thinks he's going to win this seat.". Karen Bass is an extraordinarily qualified, battle-tested, mission-driven leader, and should be L.A.s next mayor. Those same groups often the loudest, most organized voices on neighborhood-level issues tended to hold outsize sway with council offices. That anger was part of what drove her to run. Cedillo can be heard discussing his frustration with parts of his district. She wouldnt vote to hire additional police officers and would instead fund mental health clinicians, crisis responders, gang interventionists and other non-law enforcement workers to focus on preventing crime and responding to community disputes. The city, he said, needs to get a handle on violent crime, which is up about 7% from last year. He left office on December 12, 2022. [3] As a 2016 Bernie Sanders delegate,[31] he was backed by Our Revolution. OFarrell praised the switch to even-year elections, which he voted for, but characterized evaluations of the electorate as something best left to the pundits. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a1452c7fffb995c The Los Angeles Times editorial board determines the positions of The Times as an institution. Sitting council members will still have strong advantages in the primary, but the near-invincible protection of incumbency may be eroding. Joe Bray-Ali, who is running against incumbent Gil Cedillo, made the allegation. In the wake of Ramans 2020 win, some see a shift. 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.. 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. Julia Wick is a Metro reporter for the Los Angeles Times covering City Hall and the 2022 Los Angeles mayoral election. Thats not expected in South L.A.s 9th District, where Price, a two-term incumbent, is facing a vigorous challenge from Vasquez. A member of the Democratic Party, Cedillo was previously a member of both the California State Assembly and the California State Senate . Times staff writer Kevin Rector contributed to this report. Cedillo didnt say anything else in the text, said David Graham-Caso, Bonin's deputy chief of staff. 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. 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. Rifts and alliances on the City Council are common, and Bonin endorsed Hernandez in the race. Pete Wilsons anti-immigrant message. Her consistent, collaborative efforts helped change hearts, minds and bureaucracies in one of the most complex areas of public policy. [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. She said she saw Latinos being failed by every level of government during the throes of the pandemic. We recommend Hernandez for Council District 1. [33] In the primary election Cedillo won 49.4 percent, missing the threshold to avoid a runoff election. It operates separately from the newsroom. 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. 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. 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. Long before he drew the ire of activists, OFarrell a gay, Indigenous former cruise ship dancer from rural Oklahoma who spent a decade as a deputy to then-Councilman Eric Garcetti was a political underdog who won a bruising first campaign where he was vastly outspent by a competitor with powerful backers. 2017 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Council District 1 has some of L.A.s most deadly streets, yet he voted against the citys Mobility Plan to make the car-dominated streets safer and more inviting for pedestrians, bicyclists and transit. 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. Only radical intervention can save juvenile justice, Commentary: L.A.s snowy mountains are a glorious, fleeting thing to behold. Undocumented immigrants in the process of becoming legal residents, and citizens considered to have authorized presence but not legal permanent residency status, are known as people residing under the color of the law. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a145231884f2c1e Latinos make up about half of the citys population, but at the time of the conversation held just four of 15 council seats. Joe Bray-Ali, who is running against incumbent Gil Cedillo, made the allegation. Let me say this. Last year, the number of homicides in the city reached its highest point since 2006, in large part due to increased gun violence. L.A. Councilmember Kevin de Len, left, and former Council President Nury Martinez confer at a meeting on Oct. 4, 2022. California Gil Cedillo, a champion for immigrant rights, imperiled by racist leak scandal Oct. 15, 2022 His spokesperson, Conrado TerrazasCross, did not respond when asked why Cedillo chose. 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. 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. 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. "For them to be doing that, there's something wrong with their campaign. [22], In 2005, Cedillo authored SB60, another driver's license bill. Former Los Angeles City Councilmember Gil Cedillo, shown in 2019. What's next for the councilmember is unclear. That thing for us is to exercise our power.. L.A. Times reporters and columnists pick it apart, line by line. Still, Soto-Martinezs public safety message has varied, depending on the audience. [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. [36][37] However, he lost to political newcomer, Eunisses Hernandez. A version of the bill was finally signed into law after Cedillo was termed out of office. You can read more about the boards mission and its members at About The Times Editorial Board. [11], On January 8, 2009, Cedillo announced his candidacy for the 32nd Congressional District seat, which was vacated by Congresswoman Hilda Solis. 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. Why are we still having these debates? 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. 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 . Cedillo, 68, was. Eunisses had 50.65% of the vote, compared to Councilman Gil Cedillos 49.35%, as of Tuesday. Cedillo could not run for reelection to the California State Legislature in 2012. Ousting a City Council incumbent has historically been a little like snow in Los Angeles not impossible, but exceedingly rare. He has argued in favor of eliminating the entire $3-billion police budget, with the proceeds going to social workers, mental health and antipoverty programs. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) Just hours after his City Council term ended, Gil Cedillo released a three-page letter. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) Two days after a leaked audio recording jolted Los Angeles, angry . . Cedillo received 71,199 votes, Ten received 18,581 votes, and Murray Levy, a Libertarian candidate, received 3,469 votes. [21] AB2895 was introduced to the legislature by one of Cedillo's closest allies, Speaker of the Assembly Fabian Nez. The assembly bills, known as AB130 and AB131 for private and public financial aid respectively, became law. OFarrell said he thinks the LAPD needs more officers but did not specify how many. 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. 02-2503-2490. Before joining The Times in 2019, Wick was the editor in chief of LAist and a senior editor at Longreads. Protesting works, she wrote, with the hashtag #DefundPolice. An earlier version of this story incorrectly spelled her first name as Megan., On a roll of butcher paper, Salans had scrawled a question in bright blue marker: Where do we go from here?. People see it.. Thats not something weve seen historically, said Tommy Newman, vice president of United Way of Greater Los Angeles. 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%. 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. 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. 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. Our Black and brown communities are concerned that if police are defunded, we would bear the brunt of the decrease in public safety services, he said. 3.64.131.83 Elected in 2013, Cedillo has had plenty of time to make big, impactful change on both the district and the city level particularly because hes chair of the City Councils Housing Committee. [6] Cedillo was fired from the union after losing a power struggle with Local 660's board of directors. Life is stressful. City elections used to be held in odd-numbered years and typically drew only a small fraction of registered voters. Its about care, and getting them connected to support and long-term services.. Hernandez, on the other hand, has made transportation and street safety top priorities within her larger environmental justice and climate change agenda. [29][30], Gil Cedillo ran for reelection in Council District 1 in Los Angeles. 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. Cedillo prides himself on negotiating with developers to set a certain number of affordable units at least 20%, he said in market-rate projects. Editorial: Los Angeles County bus riders get no shelter from the storm. 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. What was really being discussed? In a mailer, her campaign. 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But Soto-Martinez offered a more muted response during a candidate forum hosted by groups in the Windsor Square area. The LAPD now has 9,371 officers, down from about 10,000 in 2020. 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. [citation needed] The measures have drawn both praise and criticism from various organizations. Clearly, I should have intervened," Cedillo said in the statement, which also noted that "remarks made about my colleagues son were simply unacceptable. Cedillo should have been using his leadership on the committee to more aggressively push systemic housing reforms. (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 . 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", 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.". 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. 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.. Full redactions of calendar items were extremely rare. That is unacceptable.. [28] His complaint stemmed from the 2009 decision by the California Citizens Compensation Commission to slash legislators' pay and benefits by 18 percent. Because of term limits, Cedillo could not run for reelection to the California State Legislature in 2012. 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. [7], Cedillo won a special election on January 13, 1998, to the California State Assembly's 46th district, and served there until 2002.[8]. Why arent we warning them. Meanwhile, fatal shootings by police have spiked, sparking demands for a more humane response to people facing addiction and mental health challenges. Hernandez who co-chaired a successful county ballot measure campaign in 2020 to steer more county money to social services and jail diversion programs said that more than one local elected official urged her to be a good girl and not oppose a longtime councilman who would be unseated in four years by term limits. But there is no evidencelinking Cedillo to the allegedscheme. [citation needed] Gil Cedillo is a member of the Council of La Raza. Now hes under review, 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. 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. Gil Cedillo was born on 25 March, 1954 in Barstow, California, United States, is an American politician. Performance & security by Cloudflare. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. And its that kind of leadership Los Angeles needs on its City Council, when the city is struggling to ease homelessness, make housing affordable, build environmentally sustainable communities and make public safety more just. That section also referenced a history of outlandish remarks about Latinos and Asians made by San Francisco Mayor London Breed who, like Bass, is a Black woman. Yes, L.A. needs more housing at all income levels, including market-rate construction, but the harder work is developing the policies and funding to build housing thats affordable to the working poor who are especially vulnerable in the current real estate market. They show up after it happens.. (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 . People in Los Angeles protest to defund the police in September 2020. She is a native Angeleno. 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. 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. [clarification needed], In 2006 and 2009 Cedillo again brought the proposal before the California legislature, failing both times. 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. He blocked bike lanes, including directing city staff to remove bike lanes from the widened Spring Street bridge. On Twitter, Corado has called police cadets future murderers and suggested more than once that LAPD officers eat their own guns. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) Two days after a leaked audio recording jolted Los Angeles, angry. 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. Pynoos, who worked for Councilman Mike Bonin, said she has a record of advising her former boss on proposals to cut the number of police officers and take traffic enforcement away from the LAPD. 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. 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