In , Gov. Padilla drew flack from fellow Los Angeles Democrats who worried the bill would harm a major plastic bag manufacturer south of downtown. The Pacoima senator made an easy target for the libertarian critique. Prior legislative efforts of his included a successful bill to force chain restaurants to list calorie counts on their menus and an unsuccessful one to ban the sale of tobacco products near schools. But that campaign failed. That year, Proposition was on the ballot, a measure to exclude undocumented immigrants from all non-emergency public services, including public education.
Padilla said it was the naked nativism of that campaign — and of Gov. He started behind the scenes. He served as an aide to Sen. Dianne Feinstein. In , he finally ran for a seat of his own and a year later, at 26, he was elected to the Los Angeles City Council. Toni G. Atkins D. Senator Toni G. Atkins D Homepage. Contact Senator Toni G. Patricia C. Bates R. Senator Patricia C. Bates R Homepage.
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His father worked as a cook while his mother cleaned houses. Padilla, who attended public schools growing up, graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in mechanical engineering before returning to California and taking a job with Hughes Aircraft.
A short time later, he made the move to politics. Padilla, who is fluent in Spanish, spoke when he was chosen to be the next senator about how the coronavirus has laid bare the gaps between families who have the ability to maintain financial stability by working remotely and those who do not. Dianne Feinstein.
Padilla worked as an aide to the senior senator from California after leaving aerospace engineering. Beginning in at just 26 years of age, Padilla won a seat on the Los Angeles City Council, where he served as the youngest and first Latinx council president. In , he became president of the League of California Cities, which works to influence policy decisions in Sacramento and Washington, D. In , he oversaw a massive expansion of mail-in voting amid the ongoing pandemic.
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