Raphael Sonenshein
Raphael Sonenshein
Raphael J. Sonensheinwas a political science professor at California State University, Fullerton. He is also served as chairman of the department. An instructor at the university from 1982 to 2012, Sonenshein holds a bachelor's degree in public policy from Princeton University and a doctorate in political science from Yale University. His books, Politics in Black and White: Race and Power in Los Angeles and The City at Stake: Secession, Reform, and the Battle for Los Angeles detail the political history...
given last speech state
He's going to give the State of the State speech he should have given last year.
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He had a very close relationship with Miguel Contreras and a very, very close relationship with Ludlow. He's very much a labor guy, but he's going to need labor allies on each of these issues.