Abstract
In May 1982 aMonterey Park Progresseditorial headed “A Different City Council” pointed out that for the first time, four of the council’s five members (Manibog, Chen, Almada, and Peralta) came from ethnic minorities. Also, for the first time, moreover, there were two Hispanics serving together (Almada and Peralta), a Chinese American (Chen), and two women (Davis and Chen).¹ The new council’s new perspectives were soon evident as well; one of its first acts was to denounce federal raids on businesses that employ undocumented workers. After learning of an Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) raid on a Monterey Park