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Latinos Have the Numbers, What about Political Power?
This month, demographers say, Latinos became California's largest ethnic minority — with 39% of the population compared to 38.8% of whites. But they don't have voting power that's proportional to their numbers or proportional representation on local elective bodies.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThis month, demographers say, Latinos became California's largest ethnic minority — with 39% of the population compared to 38.8% of whites. But they don't have voting power that's proportional to their numbers or proportional representation on local elective bodies. Anaheim, Whittier and Santa Clarita are among the cities facing lawsuits to fix that under the California Voting Rights Act.
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Benjamin Gottlieb
Reporter, Fill-in Host
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Gideon Brower
Independent Producer
Gustavo Arellano
columnist, LA Times
Fernando Guerra
professor of political science at Loyola Marymount University and director of its Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles
Luis Alvarado
political strategist and consultant, former deputy press secretary for the California Republican Party