Cudahy’s Deputy Mayor incites gangs against ICE, raising concerns over public safety.
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She’s not the Mayor or Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles, but she is the Deputy Mayor of a “city” that is basically in the middle of the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
Cudahy is, for all intents and purposes, other than the nominal governmental unit, Los Angeles. The dead center of Cudahy is 6 miles, as the crow flies, from the dead center (and yes, downtown Los Angeles is basically dead because the LA metropolitan area is sprawling and has no real center) of LA. It is part of the Los Angeles School District.
WhenyouthinkofLAgangs,thisisoneoftheplacesyouthinkof.AndCompton,anothernominallyseparatecity,duetoitsincorporationbeforeLAcouldswallowitup.So,whenyouhearthattheDeputyMayorofCudahyiscallingforthelocalHispanicgangstofightbackagainstICE,youshouldknowthatsheismoreorlessequivalenttoaLAcitycouncilmemberinstature,ifnotinpower.
ThecommentsmadebytheViceMayorofCudahy,CA,CynthiaGonzalez,aredespicable.Shecallsforcriminalgangs–includingthevicious18thstreetgang—tocommitviolence
