The labor leader and civil rights activist says she supports a movement to remove the statue of the former mayor and governor, the chief champion of Proposition 187 targeting undocumented immigrants.
Community advocates calling for the removal of a downtown San Diego statue of former mayor and Gov. Pete Wilson have garnered the support of labor leader Dolores Huerta.Racial justice and gay rights groups have been calling for the statue’s removal since 2020, saying Wilson — the chief champion of a 1994 ballot measure that denied undocumented immigrants access to public education, health care and social services — had used his influence to “demonize and dehumanize” Latino and gay communities.
Enrique Morones, who founded Gente Unida, the human rights border coalition spearheading the removal effort, has been calling for the statue’s removalNow, Gente Unida is calling on San Diego Council President Sean Elo-Rivera and Councilmember Vivian Moreno as a Latina to draft a resolution to remove the statue. “Wilson’s values no longer represent our great county,” it says in a press release, adding that the statue’s removal is “long overdue.
Williams lauded Wilson’s efforts as governor to balance the state budget and as mayor to redevelop downtown, which he says built San Diego’s tax base to what it is today.that Mayor Kevin Faulconer “was disappointed to hear of the removal of the Pete Wilson statue and believes it should still be there today.”
Sean Walsh, Wilson’s current law partner and former chief of staff, defended Wilson and the statue. “There’s no … man or woman who’s done more for the city and county of San Diego than Pete Wilson,” he said.
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