State Sen. Jenny Oropeza, D-Long Beach, will swear in newly-elected 1st District City Councilman Robert Garcia at Tuesday's council meeting, Garcia told me today.
Oropeza endorsed Garcia during the campaign (he was elected April 7), but Garcia said he asked her to do the honors for other reasons as well. Oropeza is a former 1st District councilwoman herself and still a 1st District resident, she and Garcia both served as student body president at Cal State Long Beach, and they have become close, Garcia said.
"She's someone I admire and I think she's really done good work, and was a strong supporter of mine as well," Garcia said.
He will be sworn in at 5 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall, 333 W. Ocean Blvd.
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