A few days ago, the Calexico City Council held a special meeting to appoint the successors to recalled members Raul Urena and Gilberto Manzanarez. According to city records, ten candidates
Calexico's first transgender mayor and a City Council ally were recalled by a hefty margin. The election pitted the town's established old guard against young progressives looking to upend the status quo.
Thousands of people voted to elect Raul Urena to Calexico council, hoping the young politician would bring a fresh approach to the California border city s long-standing problems with unemployment, crime