KCRA 3: Assemblywoman Alexandra Macedo says César Chávez allegations are “just the tip of the iceberg” | California Politics 360
California lawmakers this upcoming week are set to move quickly to rename César Chávez Day to Farmworkers Day ahead of the holiday that takes place every year on March 31. The change will come after The New York Times reported the Democratic and Latino labor icon allegedly sexual abused two young girls and Dolores Huerta. Watch the […]
The Orange County Register: New California Hispanic Legislative Caucus kicks off series of roundtables
An informal state legislative Hispanic caucus — recently launched after its two Republican co-founders said they were barred from joining the official California Latino Legislative Caucus because of their political affiliation — held the first of several roundtables it has planned this year as part of a listening tour. The California Hispanic Legislative Caucus convened about 30 business leaders […]
Los Angeles Times: Why California’s Latinos are just as politically divided as everyone else
In 1998, four Latino Republicans were elected to the California Legislature. As the press secretary for a Republican legislative leader, I convened a news conference demanding an end to a discriminatory policy: The all-Democratic Latino Legislative Caucus should stop insisting on a political monoculture and allow Republicans to join. Twenty-five years later, California’s Latino Legislative Caucus still […]
Daily Bulletin: A new voice to fight for California’s Hispanic community
The future is ours to shape—let’s make it one we can all be proud of. To read the full article, click here.
Los Angeles Times: Republican Latinos are rising in California. Now there’s a caucus for them
On election day last year, a conversation with family members confirmed Suzette Martinez Valladares’ hunch that Latino Republicans were about to shock California. “I swear they were socialists when they were, like, 20,” the Acton-based state senator said of her relatives while we ate lunch at a restaurant in Santa Ana. “But then [one of […]
Los Angeles Times: Barred from joining Democratic-led Latino Caucus, California Republican lawmakers create their own
SACRAMENTO — Republican lawmakers, excluded from the Democratic-led California Latino Legislative Caucus, have taken matters into their own hands. Nine Latino GOP legislators have created the California Hispanic Legislative Caucus to champion priorities that, they say, diverge from those prioritized by their liberal colleagues. To read the full article, click here.
The Press-Enterprise: They’re Latina lawmakers. Why can’t they join the California Latino Legislative Caucus?
Southern California Assemblymembers Leticia Castillo and Kate Sanchez say it’s wrong to exclude them. To read the full article, click here.
Los Angeles Daily News: Feeling ignored, these GOP Southern California legislators are finding workarounds in Sacramento
When it comes to politics, it’s not surprising for a member of a minority party to feel ignored or dismissed. But a couple of months into the new legislative session, some Republican state legislators from Southern California have already made their frustrations known — and they’re finding workarounds to make their voices heard. Sen. Suzette Valladares, […]
The Sacramento Bee: Long barred by Democrats from California’s Latino Caucus, GOP lawmakers create their own group
Long shut out of California’s Latino caucus, Republican lawmakers are launching their own group for a growing class of GOP Latinos in the state Capitol. “Latino families in California have been priced out of the California Dream,” said Sen. Suzette Valladares, R-Santa Clarita, one of the founders of the new California Hispanic Legislative Caucus. “There […]
KCRA 3: California Republican lawmakers create their own Hispanic caucus, following exclusion from Latino caucus
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After Democrats barred them from joining California’s Legislative Latino Caucus, some Republican state lawmakers are forming a new group to advocate for policies they say will represent and benefit Latinos across the state. In an exclusive interview with KCRA 3 on Tuesday, State Sen. Suzette Valladares and Assemblymember Kate Sanchez said they have […]