Professor Fernando Guerra at Loyola Marymount University said both de Leon and Jurado have “some good messages.”
Kevin De León, who came second in the primary after tenant rights attorney Ysabel Jurado, faces a tough reelection bid two years after a scandal over a secretly taped conversion that involved racist remarks.With the Nov. 5 election fast approaching, Los Angeles City Council District 14 incumbent Kevin de León seeks another four-year term to represent his predominantly Latino community.
The last couple of years, he said, have been “a very painful journey” as he dealt with people “spitting on me, screaming and yelling and physical hostility. My staff has endured it, too.” What sets her apart from her opponent and predecessors, Jurado said, is her ability to work hard and admit her mistakes.
“My opponent seeks to abolish the police,” de Leon said. “I’m not going to play with the lives of my constituents because that’s both reckless and dangerous to want to abolish the police.”“The department has been more funded than it ever has been before, but our constituents in the 14th don’t feel any safer,” she said. “We want more parks and recreation programs. We want more lighting and youth development programs. And yet all of those only represent 1% or less than 1% of the city budget.
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