Talk:Gil Cedillo

Neutral POV disputed

This article seems to focus overwhelmingly on positives, with no mention whatsoever of dead bicyclists on the stretch of Figueroa where Mr. Cedillo claimed to support bike lanes, and than rescinded said support.

Tagged as need of clean up

This article needs more information beyond illegal immigrant driver's licenses. It needs more information about the Senator and the rest of his career. The information that is presented should be restructured with some headings.

The link at the top of the page stating that Cedillo is part of the Democratic Pary links to the page for the ethnic slur wetback. It should be linked to the Democratic Party page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.76.184.174 (talk) 00:14, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Incorrect Characterization of the Strike at LAX

The strike at the hotel near LAX was not for "illegal immigrant employees". It was to try and unionize hotels in a proposed zone that would have a modified living wage rule. The status of workers was not the issue. As a starting point, see http://www.hotelworkersrising.org/ , which is the site for the organizing effort.

Many of the workers are "illegal immigrants", but many are not. The organizing effort covers a wide area, and numerous Hilton hotels, and involves everyone from maids to bartenders. Supporters included a large number of politicians, as well as police. The overall effort was to secure higher wages in an area where hotel rates are high.

The language in the article makes it sound like Cedillo was supporting an entirely different kind of protest. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.245.192.89 (talk) 10:09, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Correct. Fixed. DFS (talk) 22:34, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Fair Share Zoning

In my opinion, his Fair Share Zoning bill is his greatest contribution to California, the one for which he will be remembered. Not being in California, I only know of it second hand. Any Californians with local newspapers want to write that section? 99.241.128.44 (talk) 14:41, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Here's some material from the L.A. Daily News:

• A law that takes effect Jan. 1 requires that cities and counties zone specific sites for permanent year-round shelters where public or private agencies could build. ... The goal of the new law, the Fair Share Zoning Bill, is to take the pressure off places like Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles, where there's a disproportionate homeless population, said state Sen. Gil Cedillo, the Los Angeles Democrat who authored the legislation, signed into law last month by the governor. ... "All of us have some responsibility, some duty to take care of people in our communities," Cedillo said. "All of the homeless in downtown L.A. were not born and raised there. They have come from everywhere in the state." If every community offered shelter year-round, it would make the issue of homelessness more manageable and help to alleviate it, said Cedillo, whose district encompasses the many missions and shelters of Skid Row. ...Requiring special zoning for homeless shelters will block communities from exercising not-in-my-backyard protests to thwart efforts to establish shelters, said Mike Arnold, chief operations officer of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, an umbrella agency that helps fund shelters countywide.
  • "HOMELESS LAW MAY HAVE AREA IMPACT CHANGE: SANTA CLARITA MIGHT BE FORCED TO END PRACTICE OF ROTATING ITS WINTER SHELTERS." Patricia Farrell Aidem. Daily News. Los Angeles, Calif.: Nov 13, 2007. pg. A.3

Feel free to summarize it and put it in the article. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 00:35, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

POV

I am making some edits to make this more POV, especially in the recent section of campaign spending —Preceding unsigned comment added by DFS (talk • contribs) 05:03, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Facts NOT Opinion

This article, says, almost at the very beginning: ". . . Cedillo, a sell-out to the United States," -- please re-write "a sell-out". Explain whether you mean he is very popular (like: the rock concert was sold out) or whether you mean he is not a "real" hispanic as he has "sold-out"?69.108.119.42 (talk) 16:26, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Gracias Senador Cedillo por el apoyo y el esfuerzo para que el Governador Brown firmara la peticion para otorgar licencias ha nuestra gente Latina, yo le estoy muy agradecida y me siento orgullosa de usted por ser un gran ejemplo de lucha y perseverancia. Muchas Gracias y que Dios me lo bendiga.

Sinceramente,

Olga Vasquez ovasquez1190@yahoo.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.205.23.215 (talk) 03:40, 12 October 2013 (UTC)