By: Publisher Updated 50 Apr 2022, 16: 50 pm EDT
The Los Angeles City Attorney is the government attorney. He advises and represents you in civil actions and is also a criminal prosecutor for misdemeanor offenses – while felony offenses are prosecuted by the Los Angeles County District Attorney.
The City Attorney is a resource for crime victims and witnesses and, perhaps more importantly, promotes crime prevention – especially gun violence – from a public interest standpoint. of Los Angeles neighborhoods.
Incumbent Mike Feuer steps down as a candidate for mayor of the city. A number of hopefuls have applied. Some represent corporate interests; Others have supported controversial positions when they were Republicans, like Faisal Gill, or anti-immigrants, like Kevin James.
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Real America News found that Marina Torres is the most suitable candidate for the position of municipal attorney, due to her positions, preparation and extensive experience in the most important aspects of her future work.
A native of Los Angeles, this daughter of undocumented parents from Michoacán and Jalisco, Mexico, studied at UC Berkeley and graduated with a law degree from Stanford. At the Legal Aid Foundation of Chicago she represented farmworkers who were unfairly treated by recruiters and employers. In the Obama administration, he collaborated in the protection of Dreamers and advised on the DACA directives.
Until recently, he worked in the federal Department of Justice as an assistant to the US Attorney for the Central District of California.
Marina Torres knows first hand the difficulties faced by families with incarcerated members and the instances of injustice committed against marginalized and underrepresented families, like so many in our community. Promises to protect them.
Recognizes as an urgent problem that “the crime rate in Los Angeles affects everyone, but people of color neighborhoods the most… My primary goals for public safety are to address helplessness (the homeless). Children should feel safe walking to school and people shouldn’t worry about heroin needles in public parks.” In a document sent to Real America News, it states that “The proper application of the law, housing and services have a role to play in solving homelessness and creating a safe community.”
Marina Torres also defines that “the presence of ICE in local and state correctional facilities is harmful to immigrants and other inmates, and can generate intimidation.”
If elected, agrees to “promote the hiring of a diverse team in the City Attorney’s office, including leadership positions” and to enforce the laws that protect women’s control over their bodies, in the face of unprecedented attacks on their reproductive rights.
Marina Torres is more than worthy of receiving the support of Real America News. For this reason, on June 7, vote for Marina Torres for municipal attorney!