Republicans eliminated a potential liability with Latino voters on Friday by refusing to give the top spot on an immigration subcommittee to a congressman who once proposed stopping illegal immigrants with an electrified fence.
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Thursday, April 7, 2011
Latino clout in Congress appears to stay consistent
Latino political clout stayed steady in the new Congress that convened this week following the election of five new Hispanic House members and one senator.
The 112th Congress has 26 Latino members, less than the 27 who served for the past two years but a substantial increase from the 19 Latinos in Congress a decade ago, according to records of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO).
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The 112th Congress has 26 Latino members, less than the 27 who served for the past two years but a substantial increase from the 19 Latinos in Congress a decade ago, according to records of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO).
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Los Nietos Middle School improves academics, sheds underperforming label
WHITTIER - Labeled as underperforming according to federal standards for more than a half-dozen years, now Los Nietos Middle School is enjoying a completely different designation - just in time for the district's 150th anniversary celebration.
Officials say the 400-student campus is the only middle school in Los Angeles County that managed this school year to exit Program Improvement (PI), a status placed on schools that fail to meet annual federal testing targets for two consecutive years.
The predominantly Hispanic and low-income Los Nietos Middle School had been languishing in PI since 2003. Things were so bad that a consultant came in to help develop an alternative governance plan for the middle school to improve student achievement.
But it paid off this year, said Los Nietos School District Superintendent Jonathan Vasquez. The middle school was able to show enough improvement in its test scores for two straight years, both schoolwide and among its low-income, Hispanic and special-education subgroups, to shed its PI status.
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Officials say the 400-student campus is the only middle school in Los Angeles County that managed this school year to exit Program Improvement (PI), a status placed on schools that fail to meet annual federal testing targets for two consecutive years.
The predominantly Hispanic and low-income Los Nietos Middle School had been languishing in PI since 2003. Things were so bad that a consultant came in to help develop an alternative governance plan for the middle school to improve student achievement.
But it paid off this year, said Los Nietos School District Superintendent Jonathan Vasquez. The middle school was able to show enough improvement in its test scores for two straight years, both schoolwide and among its low-income, Hispanic and special-education subgroups, to shed its PI status.
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Demonstration for peace at Muir Wednesday
PASADENA - Following a racially charged brawl among students at John Muir High School, community members plan to gather around the school today in a show of peace.
Concerned Community Volunteers Inc. is hosting "Hands in Hands" from 10 a.m. to noon, hoping to form a human chain around the school.
"We are coming together as a community to protect the students," said Millie Lee, a local resident and activist spearheading the effort. "Anyone who has a passion for Muir and wants to see the best for Muir will be involved."
Lee hopes the event will bring attention to the violence in northwest Pasadena that has claimed the lives of five Muir students in the last five years.
Most recently, Brandon Jackson, a Muir student, was killed in Altadena in February.
She also hopes to call attention to the racial tensions festering between blacks and Latinos in northwest Pasadena, Lee said.
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Concerned Community Volunteers Inc. is hosting "Hands in Hands" from 10 a.m. to noon, hoping to form a human chain around the school.
"We are coming together as a community to protect the students," said Millie Lee, a local resident and activist spearheading the effort. "Anyone who has a passion for Muir and wants to see the best for Muir will be involved."
Lee hopes the event will bring attention to the violence in northwest Pasadena that has claimed the lives of five Muir students in the last five years.
Most recently, Brandon Jackson, a Muir student, was killed in Altadena in February.
She also hopes to call attention to the racial tensions festering between blacks and Latinos in northwest Pasadena, Lee said.
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PUSD, City Council inch toward new school board election system
PASADENA - The plan to push geographic-based voting districts as a means to elect members to the Pasadena Unified School District board cleared a hurdle Tuesday, but not without opposition from the public.
In a joint meeting between the Pasadena City Council and the PUSD board, both governing bodies unanimously approved the formation of a community task force to draft changes to the city charter that would clear the way for geographic-based voting districts and draw the actual district lines.
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The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights successfully sued the Merced School District for not having a proportionate number of Latinos on the school board, forcing the school system to draw voter districts based on both geography and ethnicity. Under the provisions of California Voters Rights Act, minorities are entitled to voting districts that allow them proportionate representation in elected bodies.
The Lawyers Committee visited Pasadena in 2010 as a guest of the League of United Latin American Citizens and told the group that the PUSD was vulnerable to a lawsuit based on disproportionate Latino representation, said Ramon Miramontes, PUSD board and LULAC member.
While Latinos make up 46 percent of the Pasadena residents, Miramontes is the lone Latino serving on the school board.
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In a joint meeting between the Pasadena City Council and the PUSD board, both governing bodies unanimously approved the formation of a community task force to draft changes to the city charter that would clear the way for geographic-based voting districts and draw the actual district lines.
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The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights successfully sued the Merced School District for not having a proportionate number of Latinos on the school board, forcing the school system to draw voter districts based on both geography and ethnicity. Under the provisions of California Voters Rights Act, minorities are entitled to voting districts that allow them proportionate representation in elected bodies.
The Lawyers Committee visited Pasadena in 2010 as a guest of the League of United Latin American Citizens and told the group that the PUSD was vulnerable to a lawsuit based on disproportionate Latino representation, said Ramon Miramontes, PUSD board and LULAC member.
While Latinos make up 46 percent of the Pasadena residents, Miramontes is the lone Latino serving on the school board.
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New census milestone: Hispanics reach 50 million
WASHINGTON - Hispanics accounted for more than half of the U.S. population increase over the last decade, exceeding estimates in most states as they crossed a new census milestone: 50 million, or 1 in 6 Americans.
Meanwhile, more than 9 million Americans checked two or more race categories on their 2010 census forms, up 32 percent from 2000, a sign of burgeoning multiracial growth in an increasingly minority nation.
The Census Bureau on Thursday released its first set of national-level findings from the 2010 count on race and migration, detailing a decade in which rapid minority growth, aging whites and the housing boom and bust were the predominant story lines.
Analysts said the results confirmed a demographic transformation under way that is upending traditional notions of racial minorities, political swing districts, even city and suburb.
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Meanwhile, more than 9 million Americans checked two or more race categories on their 2010 census forms, up 32 percent from 2000, a sign of burgeoning multiracial growth in an increasingly minority nation.
The Census Bureau on Thursday released its first set of national-level findings from the 2010 count on race and migration, detailing a decade in which rapid minority growth, aging whites and the housing boom and bust were the predominant story lines.
Analysts said the results confirmed a demographic transformation under way that is upending traditional notions of racial minorities, political swing districts, even city and suburb.
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Whittier sees dramatic change in demographics as Latino numbers rise
Whittier sees dramatic change in demographics as Latino numbers rise
By Mike Sprague, Staff Writer
Posted: 03/17/2011 03:57:08 PM PDT
Once a mostly white city, new Census figures show that nearly two-thirds of Whittier is now Latino.
This trend was reflected throughout the Whittier area. Latinos now make up the largest ethnic group in La Mirada and nearly a quarter of La Habra Heights.
They also have solid majorities in all other communities, including making up more than 91 percent of Pico Rivera.
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By Mike Sprague, Staff Writer
Posted: 03/17/2011 03:57:08 PM PDT
Once a mostly white city, new Census figures show that nearly two-thirds of Whittier is now Latino.
This trend was reflected throughout the Whittier area. Latinos now make up the largest ethnic group in La Mirada and nearly a quarter of La Habra Heights.
They also have solid majorities in all other communities, including making up more than 91 percent of Pico Rivera.
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-jennie lu
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