By: Publisher Updated 17 Apr 2022, 9: 29 am EDT
The results of the recent population census led to the loss of a congressional district in California – of 54 to 52 – and to the consequent merger of two districts into a new one, the 42. It stretches from downtown Los Angeles to Long Beach. The former incumbents, Democrats Lucille Roybal-Allard, and Allan Lowenthal, announced their retirement from Congress.
The primaries will be on June 7 and the general elections on November 8.
Among other applicants, Assemblywoman Cristina García is looking for a seat in the district 42 of the United States Congress representing California.
Real America News supports the candidacy of Cristina García and recommends voting for her.
García, born and raised in Bell Gardens, came into politics after founding in 1994 the group BASTA (Bell Association to Stop The Abuse) that fought against historical corruption in the city of Bell.
She has been a member of the Assembly since 2012 and author of multiple legislative initiatives.
Garcia was mentioned in the wave of allegations of sexual misconduct at the end of 2017 and 2018, despite being a leader of the #MeToo movement in the California Capitol and champion of social reforms.
On February 9, 2018, Garcia announced that she would be taking unpaid leave while allegations were investigated. . On May 17, she was stripped of her committee assignments, despite having been acquitted of accusations of sexual harassment that were not substantiated by independent investigators.
At 2019 she regained all of her committee assignments , including leadership of the California Assembly Women’s Caucus and chair of the Public Safety Budget subcommittee. In the elections of 2020 she was re-elected with the 75% of the votes, ending this incident.
In the California Legislature was very active in social justice legislation , the status of women and the protection of the environment, such as the $1,000 millions to clean up homes affected by the Exide battery factory in Vernon and the removal of taxes on menstrual products among many other initiatives.
Thus, she was the co-author of the SB2 law to combat police violence signed by Governor Newsom last September, which increases responsibility for the misconduct of law enforcement officers.
In migratory matters, it supports a comprehensive migratory reform with a path to citizenship for all undocumented immigrants. And she wants to be the voice of immigrants in Washington.
Cristina García said when running for congress: “I am proud to never having been a candidate who coveted the backing of the political elite. I am more interested in making them accountable to the people”.
Among the eight candidates is also Robert García, popular mayor of Long Beach since 2014 and formerly an active Republican during the Proposition era 187, a harsh immigration law of 1994, very unpopular among Latinos and against which Cristina García, as a high school student, began her activism.
Due to her achievements as an assemblywoman, her activism for the community from an early age and her plans for change in Washington, Real America News recommends: vote for Cristina García for Congresswoman!