Letters to the Editor: L.A.’s scandal-plagued ‘Eastside politicos’ also transformed California

To the editor: Gustavo Arellano left some details out of his column condemning the “Eastside politico.” Listed below are a couple of:

Richard Alatorre persuaded Gov. Ronald Reagan to signal the primary California Bilingual Providers Act and fought to convey gentle rail to East L.A.

Artwork Torres uncovered the pressured sterilization of Latinas at L.A. County Normal Hospital and did away with eugenics legal guidelines in California.

Gil Cedillo made it doable for greater than 1 million undocumented Californians to get driver licenses.

Kevin de León handed transformative laws to fight local weather change.

Antonio Villaraigosa helped cross $40 billion in new funding for rail, street and freeway initiatives in Los Angeles County.

Richard Polanco is the architect of the enlargement of the Latino Legislative Caucus. California wouldn’t be the progressive powerhouse it’s at this time with out his work.

The Occasions ought to thank these males for his or her service, not indicate they’re criminals.

Lettie Ibarra, Los Angeles

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To the editor: Former L.A. Metropolis Councilman Jose Huizar, who’s pleading responsible to federal racketeering expenses, is definitely not the primary of his political kind. And he undoubtedly is not going to be the final.

One million right here and one million there quickly add as much as some severe corruption. Huizar’s distinction is that of being caught. Let the remaining be forewarned.

Edward Duarte, Los Angeles

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To the editor: Whereas Arellano’s column was informative, it was too bleak and skim like a put-down of all Latino elected officers in Los Angeles.

Not as soon as on this column did Arellano point out any of the a whole bunch of Latino leaders who’ve served the neighborhood actually. A serious oversight was to not point out Edward R. Roybal, who served on the L.A. Metropolis Council for 13 years and was a member of Congress for 30 years.

Luis A. Carrillo, South Pasadena