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Cindy Montañez
Cindy Montañez (January 19, 1974 – October 21, 2023) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician who was an Assemblywoman from California's 39th State Assembly district, serving for four years, from 2002 until 2006. Early life Montañez was born on January 19, 1974, in San Fernando, California, and raised in San Fernando along with her five siblings by parents who were immigrants from Mexico. Student activist Montañez attended the University of California, Los Angeles. In the Spring of 1993 she was one of five students to join a hunger strike in protest against UCLA Chancellor Charles E. Young's decision not to create a Chicano Studies program on campus. She collapsed on the fourth day of the strike, requiring medical attention. The hunger strike ended after 14 days with the creation of the César E. Chávez Center for Interdisciplinary Instruction in Chicana and Chicano Studies at UCLA. The center later became known as the César E. Chávez Depa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California's 39th State Assembly District
California's 39th State Assembly district is one of 80 California California State Assembly, State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by California Democratic Party, Democrat Juan Carrillo of Palmdale, California, Palmdale. District profile The district represents heavily Hispanic portions of San Bernardino County, California, San Bernardino County and Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County. The district takes in portions of Lancaster, California, Lancaster and Palmdale, California, Palmdale before stretching east across mostly uninhabited areas to take in half of the region known as the High Desert (California), High Desert, including portions of Adelanto, California, Adelanto, Victorville, California, Victorville, and Hesperia, California, Hesperia. Election results from statewide races List of assembly members Due to redistricting, the 39th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
