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The district stretches from Eagle Rock to Boyle Heights and includes parts of downtown L.A.
The Pilipino Workers Center’s political arm held a get-out-the-vote event in November for Jurado and Caloza at Oinkster, an Eagle Rock burger restaurant run by brothers Fred and Max Guerrero.—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025 Partido Demokratiko Pilipino / AFP - Getty Images Silvestre Bello, a former labor minister and one of the former president’s lawyers, said a legal team would meet to assess options and seek clarity on where Duterte would be taken and whether they would be granted access to him.—Reuters, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025 Park’s opponent, Erin Darling, was endorsed by Rep. Ro Khanna, Democrats for Israel Los Angeles, the Muslim Democratic Club of Southern California, Avance Democratic Club, Pilipino American Los Angeles Democrats and Black Los Angeles Young Democrats.—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2022 Comedian Jo Koy and film producer Dan Lin wrapped the inaugural Rise for Comedy festival on Thursday with a $75,000 donation to the nonprofit Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA).—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 29 July 2022
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Etymology
Tagalog, literally, Philippine, from Spanish Filipino
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