By The Opinion
In the California primary elections on June 2, Democrats Paul Bowers, Juan Camacho, Wendy Carrillo, Sara Hernandez, Maebe Pudlo, Sarah Rascón, and Republicans Claudia Agraz and Sang Masog are running for the position of state senator for the 26th district.
The position is vacant.
The 26th covers, among others, East Los Angeles, Boyle Heights, Los Feliz, Highland Park, Koreatown, Echo Park, Downtown LA (DTLA) and Vernon.
La Opinion considers that due to her intensive work for the community and her personal example, Sara Hernández is the best candidate and calls on its readers in the district to vote for her.
Hernández is an infamous activist. Daughter of two lawyers active in Rural Factual Assistance, her life is shaped by community service.
He studied at Duke University (BA, Public Policy) and Loyola Marymount (MA in education and Juris Doctor from its law school).
Since she founded an organization that puts low-income students through college as an LAUSD middle school teacher, her commitment to the community has endured. As an attorney, she worked on housing and environmental issues and represented skilled bono indigent immigrants in asylum proceedings and migrants in detention centers. He served on the Los Angeles City Council on land use, housing and community revitalization issues.
In 2018 he co-founded DTLA Solid, which builds community influence in civic engagement, neighborhood improvement, and organizing.
In 2022 she was elected to the Board of Directors of the Community Colleges.
His endorsement list includes more than 50 unions and locals, more than 20 municipal, county and state elected officials, and representatives of school districts, municipal mayors and Democratic clubs.
Sara Hernández is a symbol of the new leadership of the Latino community, of those who will guide it to face the attacks and crises that are coming.
