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No matter who wins, this South L.A. city council district will see a historic change Original

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By Melissa Gomez Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Estuardo Mazariegos and Jose Ugarte, running against each other for a city council seat representing part of South Los Angeles, are immigrants from Latin America who arrived undocumented as children. Both 40 years old, they grew up in the area and established themselves as community organizers. And no matter which of them wins election on Nov.
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Mills, among first Black politicians elected to LA City Council, dies

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By Melissa Gomez Verified
| Antelope Valley Press Verified
Billy G. Mills, a civil rights leader who was among the first Black men to serve on the Los Angeles City Council, has died. Mills, 96, died on June 27 after struggling with declining health, his son, James Edward Mills, confirmed. The elder statesman died peacefully at his home in Leimert Park, his son said. James, a journalist and founder of the Joy Trip Project, memorialized his father online, where he shared a photo of the elder Mills shaking hands with Rev.
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Billy G. Mills, among first Black politicians elected to L.A. City Council, dies

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By Melissa Gomez Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Los Angeles City Councilman Billy G. Mills in 1963. (Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection) Billy G. Mills, a civil rights leader who was among the first Black men to serve on the Los Angeles City Council, has died. Mills, 96, died on June 27 after struggling with declining health, his son, James Edward Mills, confirmed. The elder statesman died peacefully at his home in Leimert Park, his son said.
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