Groper-Negra Calls it Quits ... Next Year

The Los Angeles Times has dropped the following, which is unsurprising, since the Times was about to publish six more allegations of sexual abuse.

Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra announces he will resign next year as Timesprepares report on new sexual harassment allegations

Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra announced he will not seek reelection Monday, citing “persistent rumors and speculation” regarding sexual harassment claims.

Notice how Bocanegra still suggests that they were "allegations", and not necessarily.

“I spent my life advocating for the Northeast Valley, fighting for a fair share for our communities and residents,” Bocanegra (D-Pacoima) said in a statement. “It is because of my deep commitment to you, residents of the 39th Assembly District, that I have made the decision to resign from the State Assembly, effective September 1, 2018, and immediately resign my leadership position. I am also suspending my campaign and will not run for re-election.”

How about resigning now, Raul?

Why wait? Why do we have to let you continue taking up space in the state assembly? How many more women will be assaulted?

The statement came as The Times was preparing a story reporting that six women had accused him of sexual harassment. The paper presented its findings to Bocanegra’s office Friday afternoon.

Bam. One wonders, however, why the public is learning about all of these perversity NOW.

Bocanegra assaulted a staffer nearly ten years ago and only NOW we are learning about this. What's going on? What took so long?

Bocanegra said he decided to resign at the end of the legislative term in order to avoid a “another costly special election in Los Angeles and ensure our community is not left without any representation in the State Assembly.”

Now he cares about cutting costs. NOW? Yet he voted to raise our gas taxes and voted to push Cap and Trade extensions?

Really?

#MeToo is taking over the California State Legislature. Good.

David Hernandez, who is running for Lieutenant Governor, has argued that all of this dirt is coming to the surface because of the ongoing fight within the Democratic Party. The white liberals and standing up to the more progressive Latinos throughout the state, especially in Southern California. Also, Bocanegra was slated to be the next Speaker of the State Assembly, but he lost his re-election bid in 2014 to Patty Lopez.

Now his career is over, period. One could suspect that current Speaker Anthony Rendon had a hand in bringing down this Democratic rival. And goodness knows there is plenty of dirt on him, too.

I suspect that Bocanegra will drop out in the next month, even though he claims that he wants to save California taxpayers the cost of a special election. Wait and see.