In response to the recent controversy, Jurado said she was simply repeating a lyric from a rap song.
After the candidate for Council District 14 was heard saying the F-word while discussing police, some residents of the district gathered in Highland Park, calling for her to drop out of the race.“We need to fund the police, not the police,"Eddie Santillan of El Sereno said. “We need to support the police.
This may be the biggest October surprise in the Los Angeles races, and a political gift for de León, who is trying to hold onto his seat after fending off recall attempts, according to Dan Schnur, who teaches political communication at USC and UC Berkeley. “It is becoming increasingly clear that those who are most concerned about violent crime are the ones who are at risk of being victimized by violent crime,” Schnur said.Jurado, who has the endorsement of the Democratic Socialists of America, seeks to cut the police budget while opposing Mayor Bass’ effort to return the LAPD to its previous staffing levels.
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