“Nearly half of L.A. County’s diverse population is Latine,” Gascón said in the news release. “As a Latino growing up in Los Angeles, I know from firsthand experience that Latine people see some of the most disproportionate impacts of the criminal justice system, both in receiving disproportionate sentencing and being victimized by those looking to cause others harm.”
“During the ongoing celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, I take great pride in announcing the establishment of our Latine Advisory Board. This board will serve as a vital link between LADA and our Latine community, working diligently to ensure that Latine voices remain consistently heard, and advocating for diversity, equity and inclusion in the policies and practices of my office,” Gascón said.
The founding Latine Advisory Board members include:
Yesenia Acosta, an attorney who focuses her practice within the area of immigration law. She is the founding member of her firm, Mundo Legal. For several consecutive years, she has been recognized by Super Lawyers magazine as a top attorney and “Rising Star.” Yesenia makes time to volunteer and serves as the chair of the board of directors for the San Gabriel Valley Consortium on Homelessness.
Adela Barajas, who has the passion and determination to bring change to South Los Angeles — what she calls the “Forgotten part of Greater Los Angeles.” In 2007, Adela’s sister-in-law Laura Sanchez-Barajas was brutally murdered, and Adela was committed to providing Laura’s children and family with a positive outlet to express their emotions. She founded Life After Uncivil Ruthless Acts or LAURA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for South Los Angeles residents.
Franky Carrillo grew up in Lynwood, Los Angeles, California. In 1991, at the age of 16, Franky was wrongfully convicted of a crime he did not commit. Despite his wrongful conviction, Franky always believed that justice would prevail, and it did. In 2011, he was exonerated and released from prison. After his return home, Franky graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a degree in sociology. He was appointed by the First Supervisorial District to serve as a Commissioner for the newly formed Probation Oversight Commission, serving as its inaugural Chair.
Bruno Hernandez is a dedicated justice reform professional with a passion for transforming communities through advocacy, art and social change. With over 25 years of professional management experience, he has emerged as a prominent figure in the field. As executive director of the Be Creative Diversion Program/STP Foundation, Bruno oversees the organization’s mission to foster creativity, empowerment and social justice through various artistic platforms.
Juana Lambert has served as the executive director for the Los Angeles Boys and Girls Club since 2005, overseeing a $1.3 million budget. There, she leads efforts to provide exciting, motivating educational and recreational experiences to help young people succeed in life. She has worked in the nonprofit sector in Greater Los Angeles since 1990. Before her current post, Juana was director of the Leaders in Training teen program for 11 West Coast-based Boys and Girls Clubs.
Paxcely Marquez serves as a partnership and volunteer coordinator for the Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice. In this role, Paxcely coordinates the group’s domestic violence restraining order access and non-intimate partner sexual assault advocacy projects. She also coordinates for the pro bono program and leads the volunteer and partnership programs. Paxcely helped to develop and grow the group’s criminal justice advocacy work.
Michael Anthony Mendoza is director of advocacy and a community organizer at the Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC). At 15, he was sentenced as an adult to 15 years-to-life in prison. While incarcerated, Michael turned his life around, and after his release began advocating to reform California’s juvenile and criminal justice systems. The state legislature has recognized Michael for his positive impact on the juvenile and criminal justice systems and reentry. Michael was appointed by President Biden as an expert practitioner for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention earlier this year.
Templer says
I wonder are they going to use the Cone of Silence when conducting their meetings, along with the full body scanner or are their meetings gonna be in a Regal with the radio turned up all the way? Hate to have another racist filled city scandal.
Frank Rizzo says
Racism and decisive people. Remember when you vote
Kay says
Isn’t that a little RACIST?
Stork says
Only to a racist.
John says
You miss spelled REALIST
and I’d advise the Latin’s that illegal is ILLEGAL
Tim Scott says
Actually, a realist would recognize that there are huge advantages handed to white people and accept that trying to even things out is just fairness, not antagonism.
English Techer, 5th Grade says
You took the past tense of the transitive verb MISSPELL and turned it into a direct object: Miss Spelled.
Who Miss Spelled might be is anyone’s guess.
Bueller? Bueller?
Judge Engoron says
Just like the way Newsome trolled an entire class of nitwit, loser, greiving ‘constitutional scholars’, Gascon has successfully trolled the gang of nitwit, loser, greiving ‘constitutional scholars’ at the AV Times.
Solutions. Sauce for the Gander, as they say.
…and modern dark humor
Mike says
Well liberals have no problem demonstrating their openly racist agenda do they? How is this even constitutional? Who’s representing all the non-Latin citizens then? It seems this panel was installed to favor only people of Latin descent. Why else make it a Latin only panel?
Victoria's Secrete says
Panties in a bunch Mike?
Try our new ‘men’s thong’ in appealing colors like grey, black, hot pink, chartreuse, and many more.
They will prove more comfortable and less restricting, with three forward sizes to choose from…Mr Squirrel, Mr Fox, and Mr Bear.
Asking for a Friend says
Did anyone answer your questions or was it just another time you were shouting into the hot dry wind?
Mike says
Nobody can answer the question because there is no justifiable answer to openly racist policies such as Gascons Latin Panel.
That’s why you were unable to form an intelligent response to my original post and instead, resorted to poorly worded insults.
Tim Scott says
“No one can answer the question” because you are actually just making a statement and disguising it as a question, and everyone knows it. Your statement is, as usual, false, but you may actually know that…though as stupid as you are maybe you don’t.
Forming commissions to investigate and eliminate justice system bias against ethnic groups is not only not “unconstitutional,” it reflects the highest principles of the constitution. You’re just scared because even with white privilege you can barely compete, and if the playing field evens out you expect to either have to work at life or just be a loser.
Clown world says
Imagine being and grown man and even mentioning the term “white privilege”
Good lord!
Bill says
You’ve had the loser position here for some time.
Mike says
I’m Hispanic Tim. And it’s deplorable racism to suggest that any race is privileged. It’s a divisive theory that only serves to pit groups of society against each other. And you’re lapping it up like a thirsty dog.
Hot Dry Wind says
Woosh!
LOL says
Haha.
Mike.
LOL
Hot Dry Wind says
LOL
CB says
I am so glad I moved out of California!
Greyhound bus driver says
So are we.
Take a MAGAT with you.
Why are you scared to tell us what paradise you moved to, Aspen, Hawaii, Switzerland, Bora Bora or Alabama?
Fredsie says
Because they don’t want you to move there.
Greyhound Bus Driver says
Where, Fredsie?
Alabama, Missouri, Mississippi, South Carolina, etc.
Wherever CB goes he takes CB with him and that’s the problem.
Those orange states that aren’t California are chock full of MAGATS complaining louder there than they do here.
How great can those places be? Those are places that elect Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert and Marjorie.
I promise you. CB will move and still complain about California the rest of his life. So, why bother.
RFTM says
Look everybody it’s timmy hiding under a different profile.
Fredsie says
In all honesty, “these other places” are awesome!!
Fredsie says
These other places are awesome as long as you are unaware of their existence.
Beecee says
Lol, for real!
5G says
You are SOOOO 1980.
Breaker breaker, 10-4 good buddy,
Westside Bob says
4-10 roger right on. How bout it four hundred fifty four, ya got a copy on 822 crazy eight double deuce?
BRING BACK THE 80’S
Bye CB, or shall we deliver a restraining order? says
yet, still drawn back…you cannot make a clean break, eh? still angry because you were rejected, thrown out by someone/something you loved? still lurking, still stalking the old beau who kicked you to the curb? why not grow some adult curlies and walk away and quit embarrassing yourself.
Huck Finn says
These kind of “Goodbye cruel world” comments appear regularly here at the Times.
Picture a 9-year-old boy with a stick over his shoulder and a scarf full of his belongings tied to one end setting off after he’s written a goodbye note to his parents.
Apparently, CB like all the others thinks we’ll be hurt and jealous because he’s gone away. If only he’d just leave without telling us. But, that wouldn’t do for him. People move around all the time WITHOUT telling the newspaper so everyone will be sorry and sad. Ha. He doesn’t know us very well, does he?
Observes, reports, exits says
Yet, here you are.
Oddly fixated on goings far away.
Like a stalker, or a jilted ex beau, a loser.
Carlos Ledesma says
This is great! But what about the new “extra-extended” background check?
Manny says
What a joke and waste of tax payer money!
He should have a crime….violence….homeless….out of control youth….drug addiction …..mental illness advisory board!
Fredsie says
You nailed it there. Gascon is too afraid to face reality tho.
FGascon says
He is idiocy personified. Send him back to SF where he belongs.
Bumper Sticker says
Bad Cop, No Donut
John E. Walker says
Thats alot of locals who have seen US justice work well, work poorly, fail, and succeed. There are also those who lost loved ones and vowed to prevent more losses.
Its hard for suburbanites to appreciate the urban experience. The difference is terribly stark, and probably impossibly imagined without actually walking a mile or a thousand in their shoes.
Luna Tick says
John E. Walker, I have no idea what you are trying to say. So let me see if I can decipher. George Gascone is a total failure. His ideas of rehabilitation are based in fantasy and borderline anarchy. He and his ilk need to go away and destroy some other society.
Cognoscenti (look it up) says
Not surprised. Reading comprehension is not a well established attribute that the ‘ignorami’ that let their hate shine so brightly they see become blinded to everything around them.
LOL says
“Ignorami”
LOL
Advisory Board says
Very PC and very woke.
ACE CARTER says
HOW SWELL –
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