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| name =Leticia Vasquez

| image = Leticia Vasquez, mayor of Lynwood.jpg

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| office = [[List of mayors of Lynwood, California|Mayor of Lynwood]]

| term_start = December 2005

| term_end = December 2006

| predecessor = [[Ramon Rodriguez (American politician)|Ramon Rodriguez]]

| successor = [[Louis Byrd]]

| office2 = City Council of Lynwood

| term_start2 = December 1, 2003

| term_end2 = September 2007

| predecessor2 =

| successor2 = Jim Morton

| party =

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| parents = Olga and Luis Vasquez

| education = {{nowrap | B.A. & M.A. [[California State University, Long Beach]]<br> M.A. [[Pepperdine University]] }}

'''Leticia Vasquez''' is an American former mayor of [[Lynwood, California]], United States.<ref name=LynwoodElecOfficials>{{cite web|url=//www.lynwood.ca.us/elected.htm |title=Lynwood - Elected Officials |date=2006-06-19 |access-date=2016-05-24 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619130901/http://www.lynwood.ca.us/elected.htm |archivedate=June 19, 2006 }}</ref> She is a registered [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]].<ref name=About>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=Meet Leticia |website=leticiavasquez.com|date= |url= http://www.leticiavasquez.com/about/ |access-date=August 20, 2012| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128040535/http://www.leticiavasquez.com/about/#selection-139.27-145.22| archive-date=January 28, 2013}}</ref>

==Biography==

Vasquez was born and raised in Lynwood, the daughter of immigrants from Mexico.<ref name=LynwoodElecOfficials/> She graduated with a B.A. in criminal justice and a M.A. in public policy & administration from [[California State University, Long Beach]] and with a M.A. in education from [[Pepperdine University]].<ref name=About/>

Vasquez was elected to the Lynwood City Council in November 2003 and made history as the first Latina to serve as mayor of the city when she was appointed by the City Council in December 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=//www.lynwood.ca.us/elected/elected_council_leticia_vasquez.htm |title=Leticia Vasquez - Councilmember |date=2007-09-18 |access-date=2016-05-24 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070918193613/http://www.lynwood.ca.us/elected/elected_council_leticia_vasquez.htm |archivedate=September 18, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smartvoter.org/2007/09/25/ca/la/ballot.html |title=Los Angeles County, CA Ballot |website=Smartvoter.org |date= |access-date=2016-05-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= Mayor & City Council |website=City of Lynwood|date=May 11, 2009 |url=http://www.lynwood.ca.us/elected/elected_council.htm |access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060616131427/http://www.lynwood.ca.us/elected/elected_council.htm| archive-date=June 16, 2006}}</ref> In December 2006, she was succeeded as mayor by [[Louis Byrd]].<ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= Mayor & City Council |website=City of Lynwood|date=April 3, 2007 |url=http://www.lynwood.ca.us/elected/elected_council.htm |access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403193450/http://www.lynwood.ca.us/elected/elected_council.htm| archive-date=April 3, 2007}}</ref> In September 2007, she was ousted from the City Council in a recall election which also resulted in the removal of mayor Louis Byrd and fellow council members [[Fernando Pedroza]] and Alfreddie Johnson Jr.<ref>{{Cite news|first1= Hector|last1=Becerra |first2=Andrew|last2=Blankstein| authorlink= |title= Lynwood mayor, 3 council members voted out |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 27, 2007 |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-27-me-lynwood27-story.html |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= Los Angeles County, CA Ballot - Special Recall Election, City of Lynwood - Shall Leticia Vasquez Be Recalled (Removed) From the Office of City Council Member; City of Lynwood |website=smartvoter.org|date=September 28, 2007 |url= http://www.smartvoter.org/2007/09/25/ca/la/ballot.html#special_recall_election_city_of_lynwood |accessdate=}}</ref> Mayor Pro Tem [[Maria Teresa Santillan]], the only council member to not face a recall vote, served as interim mayor.

While mayor, Vazquez faced criticism for not more aggressively representing Latino interests in a town that was roughly 80% Latino with a declining, although influential, Black population.<ref>{{Cite news|first= John L.|last=Mitchell |authorlink= |title=Lynwood a stage for area's racial shift |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|date=June 5, 2007 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92898264/the-los-angeles-times/ |accessdate=}}</ref> In 2003, she had nominated Louis Byrd for mayor over the Latino candidate.<ref>{{Cite news|first= Richard|last=Marosi |authorlink= |title=City Council Delays Earnings Cut In Lynwood |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 18, 2003 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92899883/the-los-angeles-times/ |accessdate=}}</ref>

On June 5, 2012, Vasquez was elected to the Central Basin Municipal Water District.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whittierdailynews.com/therose/ci_20800627/two-incumbents-defeated-central-basin-municipal-water-district |title=Two incumbents defeated in Central Basin Municipal Water District |website=Whittierdailynews.com |date=2013-01-07 |access-date=2016-05-24}}</ref>

Vasquez is also a professor of political science at El Camino College in [[Compton, California]].<ref name=About/>

==References==

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==External links==

*[http://www.leticiavasquez.com Official homepage]

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