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West Covina council adds censure complaint against member to Sept. 16 agenda
Summary
The West Covina City Council voted 4-1 to place on its Sept. 16 agenda a complaint and possible censure of Councilmember Gutierrez after Mayor Pro Tem Lopez Villaro accused him of harassment; Gutierrez denied the allegations.
The West Covina City Council voted 4-1 on Sept. 10 to add to its Sept. 16 agenda a complaint and possible censure of Councilmember Gutierrez after Mayor Pro Tem Lopez Villaro said she had been harassed and threatened.
The item will allow council members to hear both sides and receive witness testimony, Lopez Villaro said during the special meeting. “His actions and conducts leave me feeling unsafe. And for speaking up today, I wanted on the record that if anything should happen to me, my home, or my family, then we all know it's not an accident,” she said.
The complaint centers on a series of cease-and-desist emails Lopez Villaro said she received and an incident in which she said a man — she described him as having come to…
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