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Hector De La Torre is a California State Assemblymember, of the 50th Assembly District. His district serves the cities of Bell, Bellflower, Bell Gardens, Commerce, Cudahy, Downey, Lynwood, South Gate, and the unincorporated communities of Florence-Graham and Walnut Park. He was first elected in 2004, to represent the largely Latino 50th Assembly District. De La Torre grew up in South Gate and taught at Edison Junior High in South Los Angeles . The California State Assembly chamber California State Assembly Chamber in the State Capitol The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. ...
Bell is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...
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Bell Gardens is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...
Commerce is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. ...
Cudahy is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...
Downey is a city located in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States, 21 km (13 miles) southeast of downtown Los Angeles. ...
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City of South Gate Official Seal South Gate is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...
Florence-Graham is a census-designated place located in Los Angeles County, California. ...
Walnut Park is a census-designated place located in Los Angeles County, California. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the south and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. ...
De La Torre majored in Diplomacy and World Affairs at Occidental College in Los Angeles and attended graduate school at The George Washington University in Washington, DC. De La Torre and his wife, Christine, live in South Gate with their children Elinor, Henrik, and Emilia. Johnson Student Center and Freeman College Union Johnson Hall, one of the three original buildings of the 1914 campus Occidental College, located in Los Angeles, California, is a small coeducational liberal arts college. ...
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Early career Prior to his election to the Assembly, he worked as Judicial Administrator with the California Superior Court in Los Angeles. He also served as legislative director for former California Congressman Richard Lehman (D-CA) and on the staff of Congressmember Alan Wheat (D-MO). He soon became chief of staff to the Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Labor in the Clinton Administration. Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 1,290. ...
Richard Henry Lehman (born July 20, 1948) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from California and former member of the California State Assembly. ...
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Member of the California State Assembly Currently, Assemblymember De La Torre serves as Chair of the Assembly Rules Committee. In addition, he serves on the following standing committees: Budget, Environmental Safety & Toxic Materials, Local Government, and Utilities & Commerce. He is one of two first-term Members to serve on the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. He was also appointed to serve on the California Cultural and Historical Endowment. Typical Western wooden chair A chair is a piece of furniture for sitting, consisting of a seat, a back, and sometimes arm rests, commonly for use by one person. ...
A deliberative assembly is an organization, comprised of members, that uses a parliamentary procedure for making decisions. ...
South Gate city council De La Torre was elected to the South Gate City Council in 1997 and served until 2004, with two of those years serving as mayor. He represented the city on the Executive Board of the Gateway Cities Council of Governments, where he played a key role in developing plans to improve the I-710 Freeway. He served on the Southern California Association of Governments and the League of California Cities. He served on the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Mountains and Rivers Conservancy where he supported the preservation of open space throughout the district. City of South Gate Official Seal South Gate is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...
Downtown Los Angeles Skyline Southern California, also colloquially referred to as SoCal, is an informal name for the megalopolis and nearby desert that occupies the southern-most quarter of the U.S. state of California. ...
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As Mayor, he worked to improve relations between the city, the community, and the police department. He helped build new parks, addressed budget issues, helped to improve the transportation infrastructure, and improve senior programs and education for the city's children. In order to alleviate overcrowding, De La Torre fought for new and better school facilities. He fought for honest and effective government, and lead South Gate residents in a grassroots campaign to recall corrupt elected officials, stabilize the city’s financial condition, and rebuild public trust.
De La Torre was one of only two council members not involved in the corruption scandal which lead to the January 2003 recall of three other members of the city council, as well as the South Gate city manger. 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for January, 2003. ...
Run for Congress In 2002, De La Torre ran for the House of Representatives to represent California's 39th Congressional District. He came in second in a 6 person Democratic primary, losing to Linda Sanchez by a 29-33 margin. Rep. ...
Assembly Badge Controversy In 2006 controversy arose after a legislative staffer for Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally, D-Compton (Los Angeles County) presented a legislative badge during a DUI arrest. This was one of several badges purchased by Dymally and handed them out to family, acquaintances and donors.
Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, D-Los Angeles, sent a letter to Hector De La Torre, in his capacity as the chairman of the Rules Committee, asking the committee to investigate how badges with the Assembly seal had been issued. [[1]]
In reaction to the call for an investigation, Dymally told the Sacramento Bee "It's nice and proper and polite to say that racism doesn't exist in American society and politics. But it exists... People have to deal with that. Why am I being singled out?” Much media attention was paid to comments directed at Hector De La Torre, however Dymally subsequently apologized in a statement to the media. The report of the Rules Committee was released on January 11, 2007 at which time Speaker Fabian Nunez placed a ban on legislators providing badges to the general public. [[2]]
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