The empty L.A. City Council seat of disgraced Nury Martinez is finally filled by a community organizer from Sun Valley.
and before the latest vote count by the county registrar showed Padilla still leading by more than 11 percentage points.
“Today is a very special day where we not only honor democracy in this process, and the right candidate won, but we will be honoring what this community is deserving of – and that is a representative that knows who they are, that is a piece of who they are, and will bring that heart every single day” to the job, Rodriguez said.
Hernandez, who has known Padilla for years, welcomed her to the council, saying, “It’s going to be an awesome ride,” to which Padilla responded with a thumbs-up.
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