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<p>California’s oldest Latino political organization has likely made its last hurrah without even a celebration, having become a victim of its own success and the misfortune of its longtime state president.</p>
<p>The more than half-century-old Mexican American Political Association used to be one of the endorsements all California politicians wanted, so much so that at the height of his political power Jerry Brown — in his first incarnation as governor and with eyes on the White House — told a MAPA state convention:</p>

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<p>Hay dos aspectos importantes de Chicano Park.</p>
<p>Está la parte cultural, donde la danza azteca ha sido un componente esencial de la historia del parque por 40 años.</p>
<p>Y está la parte política, las luchas que la comunidad chicana de San Diego ha enfrentado por 45 años desde la toma de la tierra por activistas donde ahora es el parque.</p>

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<p>The way that the Chula Vista Elementary school board does business began to change when three new trustees, Leslie Bunker, Francisco Tamayo and Dr. Eduardo Reyes, were elected in November.</p>
<p>Discussion on the dais at the April 15 Chula Vista Elementary meeting signaled one of the new directions. The district agendized a service agreement with the controversial organization Teach For America from July 2015 until June 30 2018.<br>

UCR political scientist Armando Navarro examines possibilities for a ‘brown century’ of progress and change

By Bettye Mille