Posts Tagged: Lucas Public Affairs

WeToo: pushing for gender parity in the California Legislature

Assemblymember Buffy Wicks. Photo by Scott Duncan

by BY RICH EHISEN posted 05.15.2023

Advocates for greater gender parity in California politics believe that women could reach 50 percent – or beyond – before the end of the decade. On Election Day 2022, women took 11 seats previously held by men, three in the Senate and eight in the Assembly, bringing the total number of women in the Legislature to 50, or 42 percent of the membership.

Rising stars: Mario Vasquez Zuniga, Lucas Public Affairs

Mario Vasquez Zuniga. Photo by Scott Duncan, Capitol Weekly

by BY LISA RENNER posted 03.22.2023

Mario Vasquez Zuniga is a digital strategist, co-owner of a flower shop and a passionate LGBTQ+ advocate. The 28-year-old, who immigrated from El Salvador as a young child and grew up in the Palmdale-Lancaster area, loves coming up with creative solutions to problems. “I definitely have an entrepreneur spirit,” he said.