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La Opinión: Legisladores de California Entregaron Premios al Espíritu Latino

Por: Araceli Martínez Ortega

Hispanos de todas las áreas fueron reconocidos por la bancada latina de la legislatura de California con los premios al Espíritu Latino.

“Desde servidores públicos hasta periodistas, artistas y atletas, nuestros homenajeados este año son una muestra de los avances que los latinos han hecho en sus comunidades, a través del estado y la nación”, dijo el senador Ricardo Lara, presidente de la bancada latina en la legislatura estatal.

So Cal Public Radio: Feds Pressured to Change Ruling on Immigrant Driver's License

By: Josie Huang

Latino legislators and immigrant advocates are urging the Department of Homeland Security to drop its opposition to the planned design of licenses for California drivers in the country illegally.

In a letter to the state Department of Motor Vehicles, federal officials stated that the design of the licenses being rolled out in the coming year does not meet national security standards.

But supporters of the proposed design say that careful thought went into creating a license that would not draw undue attention to immigrants.

Stockton Record: Calif's Population Growing Changing

By: Juan Esparza Loera (Vida en el Valle)

From the moment Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo explored the West Coast of North America on behalf of Spain and discovered what is now California in 1542, Latinos have played a prominent role in what eventually became the most populous state in the U.S.

Sometime in March, Latino residents became the plurality population group in the state, according to demographers with the state Department of Finance.

Vida En El Valle: Latino Caucus Outlines Its Agenda

By: Cynthia Moreno

SACRAMENTO — When the California Latino Legislative Caucus helped pass a number of pro-immigrant legislation last year, they were heralded by many within the Latino community as trailblazers for recognizing both the changing demographics of the state and their needs.

This year, the Caucus has prepared a different agenda to continue helping and addressing the critical needs faced by the Latino community.

Sac Bee: California Latino Caucus Backs Bilingual Education, Paid Sick Days

By: Laurel Rosenhall

Changes to California's health care, education and labor laws are among the bills the Legislature's Latino Caucus will prioritize this year.

Statistics show Latinos are more likely than other Californians to live in poverty, lack health insurance and attain little formal education, caucus chair Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, said in announcing the group's priorities Wednesday.

Vida En El Valle: The Numbers Game / El Juego de Números

By: Cynthia Moreno

When Romualdo Pacheco became California’s first Latino to serve as lieutenant governor in 1871 — and later the state’s first Latino governor in 1875 — little did he know that it would be more than a century later before a Latino won a statewide office.

That dry spell was broken when Cruz M. Bustamante, who had made history by becoming the first Latino to serve as Assembly Speaker, won the lieutenant governor’s seat in 2000.

La Opinión: Parlamentarios de CA piden a Obama intervenir en deportaciones

Por: Pilar Marrero

Citando el creciente efecto y las dificultades que la política de deportaciones causa en las comunidades inmigrantes de California, los líderes de cinco grupos parlamentarios estatales enviaron este miércoles una carta al Presidente Barack Obama urgiendo cambios en su política de deportación y el uso de su poder administrativo para enfocar las deportaciones en los migrantes realmente peligrosos.

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