Times staff writer Kevin Rector contributed to this report. Cedillo is one of two City Council incumbents who find themselves in serious political danger. Councilmember Blumenfield and Controller Galperin, like Councilmember Cedillo, are currently running for election. "[39], In May 2017 Cedillo authored a motion requiring companies to disclose whether they were It is rare for City Council members to endorse someone running against an incumbent. 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. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. 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. [20] Senator Cedillo agreed to repeal the law he wrote under the agreement with the Governor to work on a bipartisan bill. 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. 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, 68, was. 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.. His mother was a garment worker at Sears and Times-Mirror Press. Krekorian on Tuesday said he's not going to wait for the two to resign to hold . 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. Gil Cedillo was born on 25 March, 1954 in Barstow, California, United States, is an American politician. [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. We agree that L.A. should divert officers away from jobs that are unsuited to their skills. 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. Clearly, I should have intervened," Cedillo said in the statement, which also noted that "remarks made about my colleagues son were simply unacceptable. Price has already played a role in shifting funds away from the LAPD. However, this also carries a sense of turnabout: In 2015, Cedillo endorsed Gloria Molina, who was running . "Privileged powerful people stopping business from being conducted at City Hall is a gut punch, Harris said. Your IP: Karen Bass is an extraordinarily qualified, battle-tested, mission-driven leader, and should be L.A.s next mayor. Riverside DA, DEA official call for CA crackdown on fentanyl dealers, Marijuana grow facility erupts in flames inside Willowbrook building, SoCal woman details encounter with alleged jewelry thief. It is my instinct to hold others accountable when they use derogatory or racially divisive language. (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 . The action you just performed triggered the security solution. Former Los Angeles City Councilmember Gil Cedillo, shown in 2019. But the transformative policy, which has since been replicated by a wave of other states, remains a key part of his legacy. Five incumbent council members are up for reelection in 2022 and at least three face potentially competitive races. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. 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. 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. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. We clearly are not being held to the same standards, Cedillo writes. (Madeleine Hordinski / Los Angeles Times), Meghan Choi served as field director for the 2017 Salans campaign, not campaign manager. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. He left office on December 12, 2022. Cedillo prides himself on negotiating with developers to set a certain number of affordable units at least 20%, he said in market-rate projects. As the only serious candidate challenging Cedillo, Hernandez faces a more difficult climb. [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. (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 . Gilbert Anthony Cedillo (born March 25, 1954) is an American politician, who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 1st district from 2013 to 2022. 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. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. She wants the city to take action on the troubled Animal Services department. De Len and Cedillo have given no indication in recent days that they intend to resign in the aftermath of The Times reporting on the leaked audio, which was recorded during a meeting at the L.A . Its about care, and getting them connected to support and long-term services.. April 27, 2022. 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. 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. He ran for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council representing Council District 1 and was elected in 2013. . Click to reveal Hernandez would be a powerful voice for change, and she has the track record of making it happen. My dad works in construction. 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. Life is stressful. What's next for the councilmember is unclear. 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. March 6, 2017 / 10:39 PM Pete Wilsons anti-immigrant message. Hernandez, 32, campaigned on stronger renter protections and called for funds to be shifted away from the Los Angeles Police Department and into other services, such as housing and mental health specialists. 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. ", 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. [citation needed], Cedillo attended Lorena Street and Euclid Avenue Elementary, Stevenson Junior High and Roosevelt High. The man then drops the. ", He declined an interview request Friday, with his spokesman Conrado TerrazasCross saying, Councilmember Cedillo is at a place of reflection.". A version of the bill was finally signed into law after Cedillo was termed out of office. 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. 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. 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?. 11:43 a.m. March 3, 2022: Meghan Choi served as field director for the 2017 Salans campaign, not campaign manager. Click to reveal 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 made new modifications to the proposal, specifying that undocumented immigrants would not be able to use the driver's license for purposes of identification for boarding airplanes, opening bank accounts, registering to vote, or other rights of U.S. In a mailer, her campaign. Soto-Martinez is closely allied with Raman and Councilmember-elect Eunisses Hernandez, who just unseated Councilmember Gil Cedillo. 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. 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. [23] Again, Schwarzenegger refused to sign the bill, on the grounds that it did not satisfy his security concerns. Those positions are bizarre and dangerous, the mailer said. Your IP: Weeks later, college administrator Dulce Vasquez posted her response to the City Councils decision to cut hundreds of LAPD officers. Council President Nury Martinez needs to resign, Councilmembers Kevin De Leon and Gil. 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. "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. Cedillo didnt say anything else in the text, said David Graham-Caso, Bonin's deputy chief of staff. I kept thinking of what my life would be like if I were 12, 13, 14 years old. 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. 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. 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. Some think the realignment of the election calendar could radically alter the citys political landscape. In 2010, Cedillo attempted to reverse a pay cut approved by voters in 2009 for all 120 lawmakers (Prop. Two days after losing her bid to unseat Councilman Mitch OFarrell in 2017, Jessica Salans and a handful of campaign volunteers gathered in a rented office above a Thai restaurant in East Hollywood to regroup. Bonin and Cedillo also had tensions in previous years over policy differences regarding bike lanes and homelessness. 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. A fourth participant, Councilmember Kevin de Len, remains in office. 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. Councilmember-elect Eunisses Hernandez, who defeated Gil Cedillo in June, stands behind Bonin. Hernandez, a long-time resident of District 1, has led the ballot count for the last several days. The 1,143-word document is the first time Cedillo has talked extensively about the incident. But for young progressives energized by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential bid and devastated by Donald Trumps victory, the Salans campaign had offered an outlet for frustration and a sense of the possible in city politics. L.A. City Council candidate Eunisses Hernandez greets a Glassell Park resident while campaigning. He ran for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council representing Council District 1 and was elected in 2013. Johnson has criticized OFarrell for scaling back police spending in 2020, saying the move contributed to the decline in LAPD staffing. My mom to this day cleans houses. 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. Julia Wick is a Metro reporter for the Los Angeles Times covering City Hall and the 2022 Los Angeles mayoral election. 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. Only radical intervention can save juvenile justice, Commentary: L.A.s snowy mountains are a glorious, fleeting thing to behold. 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. Pay farmers handsomely to give up their water rights. degree from the People's College of Law, in Los Angeles. Julia Wick is a Metro reporter for the Los Angeles Times covering City Hall and the 2022 Los Angeles mayoral election. A judge issues a temporary restraining order barring Wesson from participating as an L.A. council member, handing a victory to allies of Mark Ridley-Thomas. We're doing it with no budget because I'm a grassroots candidate,"Bray-Ali said. 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. 25). District 1 stretches from Highland Park and Glassell Park in the north through Elysian Park and Chinatown to Westlake and Pico Union. Hes been an advocate for marginalized communities for years and you cant take that away no matter what he said.". You can read more about the boards mission and its members at About The Times Editorial Board. Rifts and alliances on the City Council are common, and Bonin endorsed Hernandez in the race. Cedillo lost his Los Angeles City Council seat in the 2022 election to left-wing challenger Eunisses Hernandez. 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. 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. ", 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.". 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. I hope to one day make smores while the LAPD headquarters in downtown burns to the ground, Corado wrote last year. 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. 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. For more primary day election results, click here. Cedillo was endorsed by Bernie Sanders and has long championed immigrant rights. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. OFarrell said he thinks the LAPD needs more officers but did not specify how many. As of Monday morning, Hernandez has more than 53% of the votes compared to Cedillo, who currently stands at 46%. The district has added more affordable housing since 2009 than any other council district. Should any of the challengers succeed, they could find themselves in an unlikely position in four years time: running as incumbent members of one of the most powerful local legislative bodies in the country. 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 county Federation of Labor identified new Latino voters, sending them mailers that Cedillo was the Democrat that Pete Wilson feared most.". I would be at home with [unreliable] internet with my little brother, overseeing his Zoom school too as Im trying to do my own work.. When told that the term was offensive to disabled people, she re-recorded the song with new lyrics. This modern version of McCarthyism is a danger to democracy, not a defense. Let me say this. The three incumbents backed a $150-million reduction to Mayor Eric Garcettis police budget in 2020, only to favor an increase a year later. Why arent we warning them. Competitive challengers are few, and over the last quarter-century only two have succeeded. ", First published on March 6, 2017 / 10:39 PM. [26] Cedillo remarked, It took a long time, but now its here. 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. But his record is mixed. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a1452c7fffb995c 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. 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. 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. (Not all Cedillo stripped low-income units from a 725-unit project in Chinatown, saying the area had enough affordable housing.) And in a closely watched race in South L.A., educator Dulce Vasquez is attempting to unseat Councilman Curren Price. Two years after the city erupted in protest over police killings, those candidates and several others will test the publics appetite for reining in law enforcement spending. 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. People in Los Angeles protest to defund the police in September 2020. 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. We're in a different spot now than we were 25 years ago. [16], Following his failed bid for U.S. Congress, Cedillo was elected to the California State Assembly's 45th District seat in 2010. Read more endorsements at: latimes.com/endorsements. Puro Oaxacan Korean. 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. Cedillo has yet to concede. [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. At that event, the candidates were asked to raise their hands to indicate whether they think defunding the police is a good idea. He was formally censured by the City Council in a unanimous 12-0 vote on October 26. A Bass spokesperson declined to comment on Cedillos comparison. Cedillo participated in Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA). Before joining The Times in 2019, Wick was the editor in chief of LAist and a senior editor at Longreads. Wick says that he is to the left of the incumbent . The cut reduced their remuneration from US$116,208 to $95,291. Atty.] In 2001 and 2002 Governor Gray Davis vetoed two of Cedillo's bills that would have permitted this. We know that police officers do not prevent crime, he said at one forum. Readers speculate why, Letters to the Editor: Serious about the drought? David Zahniser covers Los Angeles City Hall for the Los Angeles Times. 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. 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. The Los Angeles Times editorial board determines the positions of The Times as an institution. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, 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, 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. The city, he said, needs to get a handle on violent crime, which is up about 7% from last year. Our weekly mental wellness newsletter can help. Councilmember-elect Eunisses Hernandez, who defeated Gil Cedillo in June, stands behind Bonin. Cedillo argues that while the conversation crossed a line at several points, ultimately he and his colleagues were just doing their jobs and working to ensure that Latinos were fairly represented in the redistricting process. With such a large field of candidates, the race will likely produce a Nov. 8 runoff between the top two. De Len and Cedillo have been under. A member of the Democratic Party, Cedillo was previously a member of both the California State Assembly and the California State Senate . [citation needed]. Earlier, the comments in the roughly hourlong audio veered into divisive and racist remarks. [6] Cedillo was fired from the union after losing a power struggle with Local 660's board of directors. 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 . "This is kind of like high school thing," Tapia said. 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. Shes also focused on affordable housing production and tenant protections. 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. In August 2011, at nearly the same time AB131 was passed by the Senate, AB353 also passed. Protesting works, she wrote, with the hashtag #DefundPolice. Before joining The Times in 2019, Wick was the editor in chief of LAist and a senior editor at Longreads. Hernandez's win in June signaled the growing clout of progressives in L.A., but also vocal frustration among some in Cedillo's district that he hadn't done enough on housing. Life would be reached only after the City to take action on the Los City! A seat on the troubled Animal Services department, '' Bray-Ali said. `` with. 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