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These Southern California candidates will make history with election wins
In Southern California, the midterm elections are ones for the historical past books.
California is ready to ship a document variety of ladies to Sacramento to serve within the legislature, changing into even nearer to reaching gender parity within the statehouse, in response to the Legislative Ladies’s Caucus. And at the very least 10% of state lawmakers publicly determine as LGBTQ, believed to be the primary for any state legislature within the U.S., the Related Press reported.
In Southern California, a number of candidates are on monitor to grow to be the “first” — first feminine mayors, first brazenly homosexual immigrant in Congress, first transgender elected official in Orange County and extra.
From congressional contests to mayor races, right here’s a take a look at seven trailblazers in Southern California this election season.
Ashleigh Aitken
Ashleigh Aitken, a former federal prosecutor in Los Angeles and Orange counties, is on monitor to changing into Anaheim’s first feminine mayor in its 152-year historical past.
Whereas the election outcomes haven’t but been licensed, Aitken has maintained a sizeable lead over her three opponents within the race to guide Orange County’s largest metropolis.
She is the chair of the Anaheim Group Providers Board and serves on boards for Caterina’s Membership, Alzheimer’s OC and OC Truthful. She mentioned she’s offered professional bono providers for veterans and army households all through her profession.
Corey Jackson
Riverside County Board of Schooling trustee Corey Jackson is poised to make historical past as the primary Black brazenly LGBTQ state lawmaker in California.
Jackson, who continues to carry a big lead within the sixtieth Meeting district contest, may also be the primary Black particular person to symbolize Riverside County within the decrease chamber of the statehouse.
“(I’m) extraordinarily grateful to have the ability to take my service to the group to a different stage,” Jackson mentioned. “(I’m) simply grateful to the truth that my service to the group (and) my management to the group was acknowledged and (I) respect it.”
Helen Tran
Helen Tran is on monitor to changing into solely the third lady to carry the title of San Bernardino mayor. However she’ll even be the primary Asian American to helm the town.
Tran is a human assets director who works in West Covina. She beforehand labored at Metropolis Corridor for greater than a decade.
“It’s a serious breakthrough, particularly within the (Asian American Pacific Islander) world,” Tran mentioned. “There aren’t a whole lot of AAPI elected leaders, and even once I turned a director, I used to be the one AAPI in that position. Now, being a mayor, that signifies that no matter who you’re, you could be a chief like a mayor and be capable of be efficient.”
“I strive not to have a look at race as a result of I take a look at the particular person, however it’s good to know I’m the primary AAPI elected official within the historical past of San Bernardino, which speaks volumes,” she mentioned.
Karen Bass
When Congresswoman Karen Bass is sworn in because the mayor of Los Angeles subsequent month, she’s going to grow to be the town’s first feminine mayor — and solely its second Black mayor.
A veteran lawmaker, Bass was additionally the primary Black lady within the U.S. to function a state legislature’s speaker when she served within the Meeting.
She’s been representing California’s thirty seventh congressional district, which covers elements of Los Angeles, Culver Metropolis, View Park and Ladera Heights, since 2011. She is the previous chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and sits on the International Affairs and Judiciary committees.
Robert Garcia
Lengthy Seashore Mayor Robert Garcia is heading to Congress to symbolize the newly drawn forty second district. And along with his win, Garcia will make historical past as the primary brazenly homosexual immigrant in Congress, in response to Politico.
Garcia is a deeply patriotic particular person. In a number of interviews, he has mentioned his upbringing as an immigrant from Peru led to a deep need to offer again to the U.S.
“I’m motivated by serving to individuals,” he beforehand informed the Southern California Information Group. “I consider in working to do the very best for probably the most you possibly can.”
Stephanie Wade
The race for Seal Seashore Metropolis Council District 3 is heading to a runoff, but when Stephanie Wade emerges victorious, she would be the first out transgender particular person elected to any workplace in Orange County, in response to Equality California, a statewide LGBTQ civil rights group.
Wade’s marketing campaign additionally mentioned she can be the one veteran and surfer on the Metropolis Council. She informed the Southern California Information Group that she didn’t run for workplace with the intent of changing into the primary trans council member in Orange County.
“I’m not operating to be an LGBT activist,” Wade, a former Marine infantry officer who works as a coverage advisor to Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley, mentioned. “It is a nice small city by the ocean. I don’t spend time speaking about LGBT points as a result of that’s not likely the foremost issues right here.”
Valerie Amezcua
Santa Ana Unified College Board member Valerie Amezcua is ready to be Santa Ana’s first feminine mayor, Paul Eakins, a spokesperson for Santa Ana, mentioned.
A 30-year veteran of the Orange County Probation Division earlier than her retirement in 2017, Amezcua has expertise working in gang intervention and suppression in addition to with home violence and intercourse crimes. She has earmarked homelessness because the No. 1 challenge in Santa Ana.
Amezcua mentioned she plans to “convey a constructive and collaborative method to fixing issues at Metropolis Corridor” and “combat to make authorities extra responsive, equitable and clear.”
Workers author Roxana Kopetman contributed to this report.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Dickies is leaving Cowtown for the California coast, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times.
The 102-year-old Texas workwear brand, which is owned by VF Corp., is making the move from Fort Worth to Costa Mesa in order to be closer to its sister brand, Vans.
Dickies was founded in Fort Worth in 1922 by E.E. “Colonel” Dickie. Today, Dickies Arena is the entertainment hub of the city and home of the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo.
The company is expected to make the move by May. Approximately 120 employees will be affected, the report said.
By moving one of its offices closer to the other, VF Corp. says it can “consolidate its real estate portfolio,” as well as “create an even more vibrant campus,” Ashley McCormack, director of external communications at VF Corp. said in the report.
Dickies isn’t the only rugged brand owned by VF Corp. The company also has ownership of Timberland, The North Face and JanSport.
VF Corp. acquired Dickies in 2017 for $820 million.
“Their contributions to our city’s culture, economy and identity are immeasurable,” District 9 City Council member Elizabeth Beck, who represents the area of downtown Fort Worth where Dickies headquarters is currently located, said in a statement to the Fort Worth Report. “While we understand their business decision, it is bittersweet to see a company that started right here in Fort Worth take this next step. We are committed to supporting the employees who remain here and will work to honor the lasting imprint Dickies has left on our community.”
Caitlyn Jenner considers another run to become California governor
Caitlyn Jenner, the gold-medal Olympian-turned reality TV personality, is considering another run for Governor of California. This time, she says, if she were to go up against Vice President Kamala Harris, she would “destroy her.”
SAN FRANCISCO – Caitlyn Jenner, the gold-medal Olympian-turned reality TV personality, is considering another run for Governor of California. This time, she says, if she were to go up against Vice President Kamala Harris, she would “destroy her.”
Jenner, who publicly came out as transgender nearly 10 years ago, made a foray into politics when she ran as a Republican during the recall election that attempted to unseat Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2021. Jenner only received one percent of the vote and was not considered a serious candidate.
Jenner posted this week on social media that she’s having conversations with “many people” and hopes to have an announcement soon about whether she will run.
Caitlyn Jenner speaks at the 4th annual Womens March LA: Women Rising at Pershing Square on January 18, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images)
She has also posted in Trumpian-style all caps: “MAKE CA GREAT AGAIN!”
As for VP Harris, she has not indicated any future plans for when she leaves office. However, a recent poll suggests Harris would have a sizable advantage should she decide to run in 2026. At that point, Newsom cannot run again because of term limits.
If Jenner decides to run and wins, it would mark the nation and state’s first transgender governor.
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Northern California 6-year-old, parents hailed as heroes for saving woman who crashed into canal
LIVE OAK — A six-year-old and her parents are being called heroes by a Northern California community for jumping into a canal to save a 75-year-old woman who drove off the road.
It happened on Larkin Road near Paseo Avenue in the Sutter County community of Live Oak on Monday.
“I just about lost her, but I didn’t,” said Terry Carpenter, husband of the woman who was rescued. “We got more chances.”
Terry said his wife of 33 years, Robin Carpenter, is the love of his life and soulmate. He is grateful he has been granted more time to spend with her after she survived her car crashing off a two-lane road and overturning into a canal.
“She’s doing really well,” Terry said. “No broken bones, praise the Lord.”
It is what some call a miracle that could have had a much different outcome without a family of good Samaritans.
“Her lips were purple,” said Ashley Martin, who helped rescue the woman. “There wasn’t a breath at all. I was scared.”
Martin and her husband, Cyle Johnson, are being hailed heroes by the Live Oak community for jumping into the canal, cutting Robin out of her seat belt and pulling her head above water until first responders arrived.
“She was literally submerged underwater,” Martin said. “She had a back brace on. Apparently, she just had back surgery. So, I grabbed her brace from down below and I flipped her upward just in a quick motion to get her out of that water.”
The couple said the real hero was their six-year-old daughter, Cayleigh Johnson.
“It was scary,” Cayleigh said. “So the car was going like this, and it just went boom, right into the ditch.”
Cayleigh was playing outside and screamed for her parents who were inside the house near the canal.
I spoke with Robin from her hospital bed over the phone who told us she is in a lot of pain but grateful.
“The thing I can remember is I started falling asleep and then I was going over the bump and I went into the ditch and that’s all I remember,” Robin said.
It was a split-second decision for a family who firefighters said helped save a stranger’s life.
“It’s pretty unique that someone would jump in and help somebody that they don’t even know,” said Battalion Chief for Sutter County Fire Richard Epperson.
Robin is hopeful that she will be released from the hospital on Wednesday in time to be home for Thanksgiving.
“She gets Thanksgiving and Christmas now with her family and grandkids,” Martin said.
Terry and Robin are looking forward to eventually meeting the family who helped save Robin’s life. The family expressed the same feelings about meeting the woman they helped when she is out of the hospital.
“I can’t wait for my baby to get home,” Terry said.
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