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Residents and advocates urge resignation as public comments center on assault allegations against council official
Summary
Multiple public commenters at the Huntington Park City Council meeting accused a city official of sexual assault, urged that official to step down and called for protections against retaliation; city staff said the matter is an active investigation and will not be commented on publicly.
Public comment at a Huntington Park City Council meeting was dominated by accusations of sexual assault and repeated calls for the implicated official to resign.
Several speakers named Council member Arturo Flores in their remarks and urged immediate removal or voluntary resignation. Rosario Galatea Yucerna, founder of ArtSpace HP and an arts commissioner for the city, said she had read recent reports of an assault and called the conduct "an abuse of power," demanding that "Arturo Flores step down immediately and never hold public office again." A speaker who identified only as Jazz recounted a…
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