Zócalo Public SquareWhere Did L.A.’s Political Ladies Go? – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Where Did L.A.’s Political Ladies Go? https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/09/20/where-did-l-a-s-political-ladies-go/ideas/up-for-discussion/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/09/20/where-did-l-a-s-political-ladies-go/ideas/up-for-discussion/#respond Fri, 20 Sep 2013 07:01:28 +0000 Zocalo https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=50804 Just over a decade ago, five of the 15 members the Los Angeles City Council were female. Today, the L.A. City Council has only one woman. Why are women suddenly so underrepresented in Los Angeles politics? And why, after years of initial gains, has the number of women in leadership positions in business and government seemingly plateaued? In advance of the Zócalo event “Why Are There So Few Women in L.A. Politics?”, we asked several prominent Southern Californians for their take.

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