LOS ANGELES—Activist-turned-politician Gloria Molina, the first Latina to serve on the Los Angeles City Council and the county’s Board of Supervisors, as well as in the State Assembly, died May 14 of cancer at age 74, and political and religious leaders recalled her accomplishments Monday.
“It is with heavy hearts that our family announces Gloria’s passing this evening,” Molina’s daughter, Valentina Martinez, said Sunday in a statement. “She passed away at her home in Mt. Washington, surrounded by our family.”
