Second in a four-part series on how Latino political power has changed Los Angeles PART II: THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MACHINE SPEAKS Alex Padilla was a 22-year-old managing his first election campaign when advisors issued a challenge: Make sure the kickoff party for your guy has at least 100 guests.
A former Los Angeles city leader is denying a report that she left the state and changed her politics after a scandal forced her resignation. On Monday, Los Angeles Magazine reported that former City Council President Nury Martinez had moved to Arizona and left the Democratic party, spurning her longtime political home for the GOP. […]
“After getting caught on tape spewing racist hate speech, there really was only one move left to make for former Democratic City Councilwoman Nury Martinez — find a home in Arizona and reputedly become a Republican,” Los Angeles Magazine reports.“Not that long ago, Martinez, 50, was a ri