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Vea cómo se postulan: Dolores Huerta respalda a la alcaldesa London Breed

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Mission Local está publicando despachos de campaña para cada uno de los principales contendientes en la carrera por la alcaldía, alternando entre los candidatos semanalmente hasta noviembre. Esta semana: London Breed. Lea los despachos anteriores aquí.


Dolores Huerta, la célebre líder sindical y cofundadora de la Unión de Campesinos junto a César Chávez, se ha involucrado en la contienda por la alcaldía de San Francisco.

El viernes, Huerta apoyó la reelección de la alcaldesa London Breed, señalando específicamente el trabajo de Breed durante la pandemia, cuando los residentes latinos se vieron afectados por la epidemia Covid-19 a un nivel sin precedentes.

“No solo demostró su liderazgo durante la pandemia, proporcionando una de las respuestas de salud pública más fuertes del país, sino también brindando recursos esenciales para apoyar a los más afectados por el COVID-19, como los trabajadores latinos esenciales de bajos ingresos”, escribió Huerta, de 94 años, en un comunicado, haciendo referencia a la frase que ella misma creó: “¡Sí se puede con London Breed!”.

Dirigentes veteranos del distrito de la Misión reconocen que Huerta es un respaldo muy preciado para la alcaldesa: su elección será automática para muchos votantes latinos, dijo Tracy Gallardo, una de las fundadoras del Latino Task Force, que fue fundamental para abogar por pruebas, vacunas y otras ayudas en la Misión en medio de la pandemia.

“He trabajado en otras campañas donde en el momento en que [Huerta] daba un respaldo, todos los que hacían llamadas a latinos, eso era lo que usábamos”. La respuesta, dijo Gallardo, era inmediata: “¿Oh, Dolores Huerta? Sí, claro que sí. ¿Por quién quieres que vote? De acuerdo”. Mencionas a Dolores Huerta, lo pones en un volante y lo distribuyes, ya tienes el voto.”

Aun así, aunque Huerta destacó la respuesta de Breed ante la pandemia, a los latinos no les fue bien en San Francisco durante el punto álgido del Covid. San Francisco actuó rápidamente en los primeros días y tuvo una tasa de infección general más baja, pero los latinos en la ciudad lo pasaron peor que los latinos en otras partes del país más afectadas, como encontró Mission Local en 2020.

Breed no respondió de inmediato al trabajo de UCSF y al de Latino Task Force; los expertos estaban perplejos por la falta de atención de la ciudad en la realización de pruebas a los residentes latinos en los primeros meses. Pero a finales de 2020, adoptó la estrategia de centros comunitarios, que fueron clave en las pruebas y vacunación, y destinó $28.5 millones de dólares a diversos esfuerzos contra el Covid por parte de organizaciones latinas.

La alcaldesa ha promocionado repetidamente su liderazgo durante la pandemia en su campaña, y Gallardo dijo que Breed salvó vidas durante el Covid al trabajar con el Latino Task Force.



Source: missionlocal.org

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