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Jose Solache
José Luis Solache (born 1980) is an American politician who is serving a member of the California State Assembly since 2024, representing the 62nd district. A member of the Democratic Party, his district covers parts of the Gateway Cities in southeastern Los Angeles County, including the cities of Lynwood, Bellflower, Lakewood, and Paramount, as well as the more central cities of Huntington Park, Maywood, and South Gate. Prior to being elected to the assembly, he served as a member of the Lynwood City Council from 2013 to 2024, serving intermittently as its mayor. Early life and education Jose Solache was born in Bellflower, California, and grew up in nearby Lynwood, attending local public schools. He attended California State University, Dominguez Hills, earning a bachelor's degree in liberal studies. While in college, he served two terms as student body president and as the statewide chairman of the California State Student Association. He is currently pursuing a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California's 62nd State Assembly District
California's 62nd State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. District profile Prior to the 2022 election, the district encompasses the northern South Bay region and the southern part of the Westside, extending from South Los Angeles to the Pacific Ocean. Heavily urban and ethnically diverse, the district is centered on Los Angeles International Airport. Los Angeles County – ''4.8%'' * El Segundo * Gardena – ''25.8%'' * Hawthorne * Inglewood – ''99.7%'' * Lawndale * Lennox * Los Angeles – ''3.5%'' ** Venice ** Westchester – ''partial'' * Marina del Rey * West Athens * Westmont – ''partial'' Election results from statewide races List of assembly members Due to redistricting, the 62nd district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. Election results (1992–present) 2020 2018 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California State Student Association
The California State Student Association (CSSA), also known as the Cal State Student Association, is an "unincorporated income tax-exempt association". CSSA is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code and it is exempt from state franchise or income tax under California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 23701d. CSSA is registered with the California Attorney General’s Registry of Charitable Trusts. Mission The mission of the California State Student Association (CSSA) is to maintain and enhance the accessibility of an affordable, quality education for the people of California at the California State University. CSSA is the recognized voice for over 450,000 students in the California State University System (CSU). CSSA is the acknowledged statewide student organization designed to represent, serve, and protect the collective interests of students in the CSU system. History In 1958, three years before the formation of the Californ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 California State Assembly Election
The 2024 California State Assembly election was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, with the primary election being held on March 5, 2024. All of the seats of the California State Assembly were elected as part of the 2024 California elections. Outgoing incumbents Democrats * 2nd: Jim Wood retired. * 6th: Kevin McCarty retired to run for mayor of Sacramento. * 13th: Carlos Villapudua retired to run for state senate. * 15th: Tim Grayson retired to run for state senate. * 19th: Phil Ting was term-limited. * 26th: Evan Low retired to run for U.S. House. * 36th: Eduardo Garcia retired. * 41st: Chris Holden was term-limited ( ran for Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors). * 43rd: Luz Rivas retired to run for U.S. House. * 44th: Laura Friedman retired to run for U.S. House. * 50th: Eloise Reyes retired to run for state senate. * 52nd: Wendy Carrillo retired to run for Los Angeles City Council. * 53rd: Freddie Rodriguez was term-limited. * 54th: Migu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also known as the Grand Old Party (GOP), is a Right-wing politics, right-wing political parties in the United States, political party in the United States. One of the Two-party system, two major parties, it emerged as the main rival of the then-dominant Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party in the 1850s, and the two parties have dominated American politics since then. The Republican Party was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists opposing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and the expansion of slavery in the United States, slavery into U.S. territories. It rapidly gained support in the Northern United States, North, drawing in former Whig Party (United States), Whigs and Free Soil Party, Free Soilers. Abraham Lincoln's 1860 United States presidential election, election in 1860 led to the secession of Southern states and the outbreak of the American Civil War. Under Lincoln and a Republican-controlled Congress, the party led efforts to preserve th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After-school Activity
After-school activities, also known as after-school programs or after-school care, started in the early 1900s mainly just as supervision of students after the final school bell. Today, after-school programs do much more. There is a focus on helping students with school work but can be beneficial to students in other ways. An after-school program, today, will not limit its focus on academics but with a holistic sense of helping the student population. An after-school activity is any organized program that youth or adult learner voluntary can participate in outside of the traditional school day. Some programs are run by a primary or secondary school, while others are run by externally funded non-profit or commercial organizations. After-school youth programs can occur inside a school building or elsewhere in the community, for instance at a community center, church, library, or park. After-school activities are a cornerstone of concerted cultivation, which is a style of parenting t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Tuition In The United States
College tuition in the United States is the cost of higher education collected by educational institutions in the United States, and paid by individuals. It does not include the tuition covered through general taxes or from other government funds, or that which is paid from university endowment funds or gifts. Tuition for college has increased as the value, quality, and quantity of education have increased. Many feel that increases in cost have ''not'' been accompanied by increases in quality, and that administrative costs are excessive. The value of a college education has become a topic of national debate in the U.S. History Under the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the powers of the federal government are limited to those mentioned explicitly in the Constitution. As education is not mentioned, educational policy and schools are state matters in the United States. The federal government operates military academies, but there is no national university nor nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speaker Of The California State Assembly
The speaker of the California State Assembly is the speaker (politics), presiding officer and highest-ranking member of the California State Assembly, controlling the flow of legislation and committee assignments. The speaker is nominated by the majority party's caucus and elected by the full Assembly typically at the beginning of each two year session. Meanwhile, other floor leaders, such as the List of majority leaders of the California State Assembly, majority leader and List of minority leaders of the California State Assembly, minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses according to each party's strength in the chamber. The current speaker is California Democratic Party, Democrat Robert A. Rivas, Robert Rivas of the California's 29th State Assembly district, 29th district. The speaker formerly had far more power, and was able to issue committee assignments to both parties' members, control State Assembly funds, and had broad administrative authority, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Press-Telegram
The ''Press-Telegram'' is a paid daily newspaper published in Long Beach, California. Coverage area for the ''Press-Telegram'' includes Long Beach, Lakewood, Signal Hill, Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Compton, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, Lynwood, Norwalk and Paramount. History The ''Press-Telegram'''s precursor, the ''Press'', was first published in 1897. The ''Press'' was purchased in the early 20th century by Charles H. Prisk and William F. Prisk, Charles being the owner and William the editor and publisher. Sometime after 1918 the ''Press'' was merged with another paper, the ''Daily Telegram''; the combined paper was first published under the name ''Daily Press'', then, from 1924, the ''Press-Telegram''. On September 30, 1933, the ''Press-Telegram'' published what David Dayen called "One of the more influential letters to the editor in American history": Francis Townsend's letter outlining the Townsend Plan, a proposal that sparked a national campaign which influen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Lara
Ricardo Lara (born November 5, 1974) is an American politician who is currently serving as the 8th Insurance Commissioner of California. Lara was elected during the 2018 election, defeating former California insurance commissioner Steve Poizner. Lara previously served in the California State Senate from 2012 to 2019 as a Democrat, representing the 33rd Senate district. Prior to that, he served in the California State Assembly, representing the 50th Assembly district. Early life and career Born in Commerce, California, Lara is the son of a formerly undocumented factory worker and seamstress from Mexico. Lara attended Los Angeles Unified School District schools and graduated from San Diego State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and served as student body president. In 2013, Lara completed Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government as a David Bohnett LGBTQ Victory Institute Leadersh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Special Elections To The California State Senate
Special elections to the California State Senate are called by the Governor of California, Governor of California when a vacancy arises within the California State Senate, State Senate. Most special elections are conducted in two rounds. The first is an open primary and the candidate with the most votes must have a majority of the votes plus one to win the seat. If no candidate wins a majority, a second round is held with the two top candidates regardless of party. Recall elections, the process by which voters petition for the removal of an elected official, are also included. List of special elections The dates listed indicate the time of the final election, either a runoff election or the open primary round if no second round was held. List of recall elections When applicable, the candidate who succeeded the recalled state senator is listed. If the recall election was not successful the winner is listed as "none". Results 2006 35th State Senate district special ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California's 33rd Senatorial District
California's 33rd senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by of . District profile The district encompasses a strip of the Gateway Cities, stretching from parts of South Los Angeles to the coast, including the Port of Long Beach and a significant portion of Long Beach itself. Los Angeles County – ''9.4%'' * Bell * Bell Gardens * Cudahy * Huntington Park * Lakewood – ''36.3%'' * Long Beach – ''79.1%'' * Los Angeles – ''0.9%'' * Lynwood * Maywood * Paramount * Signal Hill * South Gate * Vernon Election results from statewide races List of senators representing the district Election results 2020 2019 (special) 2016 2012 2008 2004 2000 1996 1992 See also * California State Senate * California State Senate districts * Districts in California References External links Distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
