Klarize Medenilla

Dec 13, 2024 | asianjournal.com | Klarize Medenilla

The housing rights attorney attended her first city council meeting the day after her swearing-in ceremonyON Monday, Dec. 9, Ysabel Jurado was sworn in to the Los Angeles City Council, becoming the first ever LA City Council member of Filipino descent. In a closed-doors ceremony, Jurado, 34, took the oath of office from the City Clerk to officially start her tenure as the city’s councilmember for District 14.

Dec 13, 2024 | asianjournal.com | Klarize Medenilla

Overall the hate crime rate reached a historic high, according to a new report from LA County Commission on Human RelationsREPORTS of harassment, violence and other hate incidents fueled by anti-Asian racism in Los Angeles County jumped 31% in 2023, according to the L.A. County Commission on Human Relations (LACCHR). In other words, there were 80 total reports of anti-Asian hate in 2023, a double-digit jump from 2022 which saw 61 reported anti-Asian incidents.

Nov 10, 2024 | asianjournal.com | Klarize Medenilla

With another election come and gone, Filipino Americans across all political walks of life are preparing for another presidency with Donald Trump. As previously reported in the Asian Journal, the Asian American electorate is the fastest-growing voting bloc in the United States, and Filipinos are the third-largest Asian group in the country.

Nov 10, 2024 | asianjournal.com | Klarize Medenilla

Ysabel Jurado, a tenants rights attorney, is Los Angeles’ newest councilmember after defeating incumbent councilmember Kevin de León in the race for City Council’s District 14 seat. Progressive candidate Ysabel Jurado, a tenant rights attorney, became the first-ever Filipina American Los Angeles city councilmember, unseating the incumbent Kevin de León of the city’s 14th district.

Nov 1, 2024 | asianjournal.com | Klarize Medenilla

WITH mere days away from, once again, the most important election of our lifetimes, the push to get out the vote has accelerated: every other TV commercial is a campaign ad, the constant text messages from political organizers, and the barrage of mailers we all find stuffed in our mailboxes. Back in 2020, a study from APIAVote and AAPI Data found that among the major Asian subgroups in the U.S., Filipinos had the lowest voter turnout with 54%.