Using last-minute big bucks from Robert Urteaga, a corrupt politician from Montebello who was convicted of Grand Theft, a “Dark Money” political action committee called “Valley Working Families for Imelda Padilla for City Council 2023” has spent $357,000 to promote their candidate.
Community relations manager Imelda Padilla will face council aide Marisa Alcaraz in the June runoff to fill the Los Angeles City Council seat vacated by Nury Martinez.
Padilla leads the seven-candidate field with 3,421 votes, 25.69%, according to updated results released Friday, April 7, by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. Alcaraz was second with 2,812 votes, 21.12%, 297 votes ahead of homeless services manager Marco Santana.
Heading into the April 4 Special Election to fill the vacant LA City Council District 6 seat, the Sentinel had the opportunity to sit down with candidate Marisa Alcaraz, who we are strongly endorsing, to ask pointed questions on the issues that matter most to all Angelenos.
L.A. City Council President Pro Tem Curren Price has endorsed Marisa Alcaraz for Council District 6. Alcaraz currently serves as Price’s environmental policy director and deputy chief of staff and is vying for the seat left vacant by former Council President Nury Martinez. A special election is scheduled for April 4.