The co-founder of the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez pointed to Breed's work during Covid-19. Her pickup is key in a tight race.
Mayor London Breed and Dolores Huerta at Huerta's 94th birthday celebration at the Mission Language and Vocational School on June 8, 2024. Photo courtesy of the Dolores Huerta Celebration Committee.Mission Local is publishing campaign dispatches for each of the major contenders in the mayor’s race, alternating among candidates weekly until November. This week: London Breed.
Still, though Huerta pointed to Breed’s pandemic response, Latinos did not fare well in San Francisco during the height of Covid. San Francisco acted quickly in the early days and had a lower overall rate of infection, butin the initial months. But by late 2020 she had come around to the strategy of neighborhood hubs, which were key in testing and vaccination, andon the campaign trail, and Gallardo said that Breed had saved lives during Covid by working with the Latino Task Force.
Huerta will bolster Breed’s efforts. In a statement, the mayor called Huerta a “living legend” and “icon of the Latino community,” pointing particularly to her family’s union history. That, said Lariza Dugan-Cuadra, the executive director of the Central American migrant-focused nonprofit CARECEN, reflected a “subjective approach” to the justice system from the DA, and was symptomatic of a larger narrative. The city’s use of deportations, she said, is not only counterproductive in terms of public safety — by making it less likely migrants cooperate with law enforcement — but perpetuates negative, sweeping stereotypes about Central Americans.
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