Gloria Molina, a groundbreaking Chicana leader in state and local California politics for more than 30 years, has died at age 74.
LOS ANGELES — Gloria Molina, a groundbreaking Chicana leader in state and local California politics for more than 30 years, has died after a three-year battle with cancer, her family announced. She was 74.
Molina, a Democrat, was the first Latina to serve in the state Assembly, on the Los Angeles City Council and on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. In a statement, Bass called Molina “a force for unapologetic good and transformational change in Los Angeles” who"advocated for those who did not have a voice in government through her pioneering environmental justice work, her role as a fiscal watchdog, and her advocacy for public health."
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