The city of the Jurup valley is young; it was registered, to use the official language, or only founded in 2011 after a majority of residents voted for it. Before that, it was a rural ranch area populated mostly by Hispanic families who had lived in the same place for many decades.
Now it has about 110,000 inhabitants.
It originated on a Mexican land grant, i.e. when California was part of a neighboring country, made in 1838.
It is still a peaceful place where many young people, although they leave to study outside the city, return to live in a society that they appreciate and enjoy.
Their way of life has been threatened by the emergence of real estate investor corporations who want to build high-density homes. They also set up large warehouses in residential areas.
“People are mobilized. Hundreds of them came to the city hall to oppose this idea. There was a need to have someone on the board who wouldn’t go with the investors.”
Says Armando Carmona, one of those young people who left the city to study and returned to society. Carmona is running for city council to represent residents and challenge incumbent Lorena Barajas in the election.
La Opinion supports Armando Carmona’s candidacy for the Jurupa Valley City Council.
For Carmona, a young man with experience as a public figure and journalist, this is not the start of a political career. “It is my duty to the community that has given me so much. It is a community of people who ride horses, with pets… I have no plans to climb.”
Armando Carmona has lived in the Jurupa Valley since he was a year old, only leaving the city when he went to study sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He owns a communications firm dealing with issues important to the Hispanic community in the Inland Empire, such as immigration, labor rights, environmental protection.
Spanish was his first language; his parents came here from Mexico.
If elected, he promises to protect the way of life on the ranch by maintaining existing building regulations; solve the problem of dumping garbage on public roads and improve local infrastructure.
Armando Carmona represents young people who want to participate by running for leadership positions with responsibility for the development of their communities. It deserves the support of La Opinion.
Source: La Opinion
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