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Gilbert Cedillo

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Gilbert Cedillo
Prior offices:
Los Angeles City Council District 1
Years in office: 2013 - 2022
Successor:Eunisses Hernandez (Nonpartisan)
California State Assembly District 45
Years in office: 2010 - 2012
Years in office: 1998 - 2002
California State Senate District 22
Years in office: 2002 - 2010
Elections and appointments
Last election
June 7, 2022
Education
Bachelor's
University of California, Los Angeles
Law
People's College of Law
Contact

Gilbert Cedillo (also known as Gil) was a member of theLos Angeles City Council in California, representingDistrict 1. He assumed office in 2013. He left office on December 12, 2022.

Cedillo ran for re-election to theLos Angeles City Council to representDistrict 1 in California. He lost in the primary onJune 7, 2022.

Cedillo previously held elected office as aDemocratic member of theCalifornia State Assembly, representing District 45 from 2010 to 2012 and 1998 to 2002. He also represented District 22 in theCalifornia State Senate from 2002 to 2010.[1]

Biography

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Cedillo earned a B.A. in sociology from UCLA in 1977 and a law degree from the People's College of Law in 1983. He worked as the general manager ofSEIU's Local 660 from 1991 to 1996. He was a law clerk for theAmerican Civil Liberties Union and a director of the Campaign for Dignity and Civic Participation.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: City elections in Los Angeles, California (2022)

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles City Council District 1

Eunisses Hernandez won election outright against incumbentGilbert Cedillo andElaine Alaniz in the primary for Los Angeles City Council District 1 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔Eunisses Hernandez (Nonpartisan)
 
53.9
 
16,108
Image of Gilbert Cedillo
Gilbert Cedillo (Nonpartisan)
 
45.8
 
13,700
Image of Elaine Alaniz
Elaine Alaniz (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.3
 
80

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Total votes: 29,888
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2017

See also:Municipal elections in Los Angeles, California (2017)

The city ofLos Angeles, California, held primary elections for mayor, eight city council seats, city attorney, and city controller on March 7, 2017. Three community college board of trustees seats were also up for general election on that date.

Most races where no candidate earned a majority (50% plus one) of the primary votes cast advanced to a general election on May 16, 2017. This rule did not apply to the community college board races, which were determined by a plurality winner in the March election.[2]

This election was the second impacted byCharter Amendment 1. Passed in March 2015, the amendment shifted city elections to even-numbered years beginning in 2020. As a result, officials elected in 2017 won special five-and-a-half year terms ending in 2022. IncumbentGilbert Cedillo defeatedJoe Bray-Ali in the general election for the District 1 seat on the Los Angeles City Council.

Los Angeles City Council, District 1 General Election, 2017
CandidateVote %Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngGilbert CedilloIncumbent71.63%11,415
Joe Bray-Ali28.37%4,521
Total Votes15,936
Source:City of Los Angeles, "General Municipal Election, Official Election Results, May 16, 2017," May 26, 2017


Los Angeles City Council, District 1 Primary Election, 2017
CandidateVote %Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngGilbert CedilloIncumbent49.34%10,396
Green check mark transparent.pngJoe Bray-Ali37.97%8,000
Giovany Hernandez8.53%1,798
Jesse Rosas4.15%875
Total Votes21,069
Source:Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "March 7, 2017, Election Results: Statement of Votes Cast," accessed May 22, 2017

2012

Cedillo did not run for re-election to the Assembly in 2012.

2010

See also:California State Senate elections, 2010

Cedillo was ineligible to run for re-election in 2010 because of California's term limits. He instead won election to the District 45 seat of theCalifornia State Assembly. He defeatedSuzanne Olivos (R) in the general election on November 2, 2010.[3]

California State Assembly, District 45 General Election (2010)
CandidatesVotes
Green check mark transparent.png

Gilbert Cedillo (D)

53,745
Suzanne Olivos (R)10,724

2006

CADreamers, "National Hispanic Media Coalition Honors Gilbert Cedillo," October 8, 2008

In 2006 Cedillo was elected to District 22 of the California State Senate . He won with 71,199 votes, followed by Mike Ten with 18,581 votes and Murray Levy with 3,469 votes. Cedillo raised $497,579 for his campaign fund.[4]

California State Senate, District 22
CandidatesVotes
Green check mark transparent.png

Gilbert Cedillo (D)

71,199
Mike Ten (R)18,581
Murray Levy (L)3,469

Campaign themes

2022

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2017

Cedillo outlined five priorities for his first term in office, which he listed on his campaign website with the acronym PEACE: public safety, economic development, arts and culture, clean communities, and environment. He also outlined his plan for the House LA Initiative. Below are excerpts from his campaign page about these issues.[5][6]

  • Arts and culture:
    • "The limited music and arts programs that exist for youth should be replicated and expanded throughout the district. We also plan to host a yearly Jazz festival to bridge communities through music."
  • Clean communities:
    • "Councilmember Cedillo kept his campaign promise to clean up CD1. He launched a historic ‘Keep It Clean’ campaign in partnership with the Bureau of Sanitation to clean up streets and alleyways."
  • House LA:
“THE INITIATIVE INCLUDES
  • Expansion of Expedited Processing Section in Planning
    • Expedites the EIR process in the Planning Department, which could provide a 30%-50% time savings.
  • Site Plan Review Modifications
    • Amends the site plan review ordinance, including the option to increase the threshold from 50 residential units, and re-examine the approval process as a strategy to increase the City’s affordable housing production.
  • Permitting Micro Unit Housing
    • Evaluates the Greater Downtown Housing Incentive Ordinance as a model to encourage the production of micro-units, the potential impact micro-units can have on our affordable housing needs, and the benefit of expanding this model to apply to other geographic areas of the City.
  • Deferring Fees
    • Evaluates which ‘use’ fees could potentially be deferred and collected until the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for a residential development.
  • Expanding the Use of Shared Vehicles
    • Permits the substitution of one shared vehicle for every 4 required parking spaces for residential or mixed-use buildings located on or within . mile of a transit corridor.
    • Calls for vehicular parking regulatory reform with an analysis of strategies to reduce and/or eliminate parking requirements based on selected criteria, including but not limited to certain types of developments, specific zones and proximity to transit.
  • Facilitating Accessory Dwelling Units
    • Identifies options for preserving unapproved second housing units, including measures utilized by other jurisdictions to preserve unapproved units.
    • Calls for an ordinance that prescribes a permit process to allow the development of Accessory Dwelling Units in accordance with Assembly Bill 1866-- encourages Accessory Dwelling Units by requiring cities to reduce or eliminate local barriers to their development.
  • Using City Owned Land As Sites for Affordable Housing
    • Identifies city-owned properties that may be potential sites for the development of affordable housing.[7]
”
—Gilbert Cedillo's campaign website (2017)[8]

Legislative career

Committee assignments

2011–2012

In the 2011–2012 legislative session, Cedillo served on these committees:

2009–2010

In the 2009–2010 legislative session, Cedillo served on these committees:

Scorecard

Capitol Weekly, California's major weekly periodical covering thestate legislature, publishes an annual legislative scorecard to pin down the political or ideological leanings of every member of the legislature based on how they voted on an assortment of bills in the most recent legislative session. The 2009 scores were based on votes on 19 bills, but did not include how legislators voted on theProposition 1A (2009). On the scorecard, "100" is a perfect liberal score and "0" is a perfect conservative score.[9][10]

On the 2009 Capitol Weekly legislative scorecard, Cedillo ranked as an83.[11]

Campaign finance

2017

Cedillo had received $375,072.24 in contributions and had made $362,234.57 in expenditures, leaving the campaign with $81,778.31 on hand as of reports available from the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission on February 27, 2017.[12]

2010

In 2010, Cedillo raised $323,892 in contributions.[13]His five largest contributors were:

DonorAmount
Southwest Regional Council Of Carpenters$15,600
AT&T$11,700
Service Employees Local 721$10,300
California State Council Of Service Employees$7,800
Chevron Corp$7,800

2006

In 2006 Cedillo raised $497,579 in campaign donations. His top five donors are listed below.[13]

DonorAmount
AT&T$14,800
SEIU California State Council$13,400
California Teachers Association$11,400
California Trucking Association$7,500
Laborers Local 300$7,500

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    1. ↑1.01.1Los Angeles City Council, "Gilbert Cedillo," accessed February 18, 2015
    2. ↑Los Angeles Daily News, "A dozen hopefuls step up to the starting line for Los Angeles mayoral race," November 11, 2016
    3. ↑California Secretary of State, "Official 2010 General election results," accessed March 13, 2014
    4. ↑California Secretary of State, "Official 2008 General election results," accessed March 13, 2014
    5. ↑Councilmember Gilbert Cedillo, "P.E.A.C.E.," accessed February 8, 2017
    6. ↑Cedillo also listed immigration as an issue on his website, but no statement on the topic was available as of February 8, 2017
    7. ↑Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    8. ↑Councilmember Gilbert Cedillo, "House LA," accessed February 8, 2017
    9. ↑Capitol Weekly, "Capitol Weekly's Legislative Scorecard," December 17, 2009
    10. ↑Fox and Hounds Daily, "Random Thoughts on the Political Scene," December 18, 2009
    11. ↑Capitol Weekly, "2009 Capitol Weekly State Legislative Scorecard (Archived)," accessed March 13, 2014
    12. ↑Los Angeles City Ethics Commission, "2017 City and LAUSD Elections," accessed February 27, 2017
    13. ↑13.013.1Follow the Money, "Cedillo, Gilbert A," accessed January 4, 2017

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