Alex Padilla
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"Alejandro "Alex" Padilla" is an American politician, Democratic Party (US)/Democratic Party activist, engineer, and civil servant. He serves as the Secretary of State of California/Secretary of State of California after winning the general election on California elections, 2014/November 5th, 2014 against Republican Pete Peterson, winning with approximately 54% of the vote.

He previously served in the California State Senate, representing the California's 20th State Senate district/20th District after his election to the position in California elections, 2006/November 2006. Prior to serving in the Senate he served 7½ years on the Los Angeles City Council representing the 7th District. First elected in 1999, he was elected council president in July 2001 and remained president through December 31, 2005.

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But we haven't come up with any measures to deal with the matter. The wage hike is impractical because we just don't have room for it in our budget.

We want great schools for our kids, safe neighborhoods and the very best in emergency services, ... Proposition 76 would make it harder for us to provide those services.

The governor personally came here, assigned a dozen staff members to work the hall like it was a political convention and it squeaked by with 11 votes. Unless they're going to assign a dozen staff to every voter in California, I don't think Prop. 76 is sailing very high right now.

We are aware that how critical the problem is.

When he hit me that first time it made me realize what I was actually out there doing.

We will welcome any manufacturer of the vaccine to manufacture here.

He was a man of the people, a true populist.

[But Alex Padilla, incoming league president and prominent Los Angeles Democrat, said] the governor is way off. ... won't know where the blue pencil will hit the hardest.

If I was the governor, I wouldn't be jumping up and down for joy here.