{"id":51168,"date":"2022-08-08T12:13:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T19:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=51168"},"modified":"2022-08-08T12:13:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T19:13:58","slug":"emilys-list-president-laphonza-butler-endorses-councilwoman-lindsey-horvath-for-supervisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=51168","title":{"rendered":"EMILY\u2019S LIST PRESIDENT LAPHONZA BUTLER ENDORSES  COUNCILWOMAN LINDSEY HORVATH FOR SUPERVISOR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>President of the Nation\u2019s Largest Resource for Pro-Choice Women in Politics Endorses Horvath for Board of Supervisors<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<strong>LOS ANGELES, CA \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Support for Councilwoman Lindsey Horvath\u2019s Supervisorial campaign continues to grow as Laphonza Butler, President of EMILY\u2019s List, the national organization that supports and empowers Democratic pro-choice women, personally endorsed Horvath for LA County Supervisor Board for District 3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this very uncertain time, we need pro-choice leaders like Lindsey Horvath to protect abortion rights and drive progressive change at the local level,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>EMILY\u2019S List President Laphonza Butler<\/strong>. \u201cI look forward to working with her to make LA County an equitable safe-haven for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before serving as the President of EMILY\u2019s List, Butler was the President of SEIU Local 2015, California\u2019s biggest union and the nation\u2019s largest homecare workers union. At SEIU Local 2015, Butler led the effort to address pay inequity for women in California and was a top advocate in the fight to raise the state\u2019s minimum wage. She was also a senior advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s presidential campaign and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton\u2019s presidential campaign in California.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud to have the support of a leader who knows how to deliver real results for the people of LA County,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Councilwoman Lindsey Horvath.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cLaphonza Butler is a force for good in California, and now nationwide. She has fought tirelessly for the people &#8211; especially women of color &#8211; who have been on our frontlines providing care to our most vulnerable populations. Having the endorsement of a woman who has courageously and successfully fought for caregivers, homecare workers, women, and our reproductive freedom is an incredible honor, and our campaign is stronger with her support.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of the Nation\u2019s Largest Resource&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51169,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51168\/revisions\/51169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}