Assembly Candidates Square Off in Eagle Rock Wednesday

With less than a week left for April to end, the countdown has begun to the June 5 primary elections to the California Assembly.

Last Saturday, Jimmy Gomez, one of the frontrunners in the race for the 51st Assembly District,opened his campaign headquarters in Highland Park even though he lives in Echo Park.

On Wednesday, Gomez will share the podium with the three other Democratic frontrunners in the 51st Assembly District race—Luis Lopez, Arturo Chavez and Oscar Gutierrez—in a “Meet the Candidates” forum at the .

Luis Lopez lives in Silver Lake and Arturo Chavez is a deputy for Echo Park assemblyman Gil Cedillo.

The event, hosted by (The Eagle Rock Association), starts at 7 p.m.

According to insiders, it is the only candidates' forum scheduled before the primary.

California’s 51st Assembly District encompasses all of Northeast L.A., including Eagle Rock, as well as East L.A. and parts of Echo Park, Silver Lake and Downtown. The general election for the 51st Assembly District is scheduled on November 6.

Here, in alphabetical order, is a list of the five candidates running for California’s 51st Assembly District, identified by their "Candidate Filing Status," as listed on the L.A. County Clerk's website:

Arturo Chavez
Assemblymember's District Director.
5365 Somerset St., Los Angeles 90032
(323) 497-3042
arturochavez@sbcglobal.net
arturochavez.org

Richard Friedberg
Educator
2729 N. Broadway, Los Angeles 90031

Jimmy Gomez
Educator/Nurses Advocate.
P.O. Box 26156, Los Angeles 90026
(213) 375-8010
info@jimmygomezforassembly.com
jimmygomezforassembly.com

Oscar A. Gutierrez
Insurance Sales Representative.
P.O. Box 1006. South Pasadena, CA 91031
(323) 454-8969
gutierrez@voteoscar.com
http://www.voteoscar.com

Luis Lopez
Non-Profit Healthcare Director.
4843 Yosemite Way, Los Angeles, 90041
(213) 840-9312
luis@lopezforassembly.com
www.lopezforassembly.com

Click here to read about the candidates and how they tried to distinguish themselves from each other at a similar public forum in Glassell Park last month.

For more information about the June 5 primary election visit the Los Angeles County Clerk website.