California Mayor Recalled After Coming Out as Transgender

Metro Weekly— Supporters of Calexico City Council Member and Mayor Raúl Ureña denounced the recall as a "calculated," transphobic attack.

dailym.ai—California's first transgender mayor Raul Ureña is kicked out of office after opponents mount 'transphobic' recall campaign. California's first transgender mayor has been ousted from office. Mayor Raul Ureña, 26, came out as a transgender female after being elected. 'Transphobic' voters set out to kick Ureña out of office and won in a recent vote

World Tribune—Voters recall California’s first trans mayor. by WorldTribune Staff, April 21, 2024 By a wide margin, voters in the border city of Calexico, California recalled Mayor Raul Urena, who was the first trans identifying individual elected mayor in the state. Urena, a 26-year-old biological male, identifies as a transgender woman and prefers she/they pronouns. Urena was first elected in 2020 at […]

SFGate—Storm system forecast to come through California in coming days. A storm system is expected to push into California this weekend, bringing a cool, wet start to May in the Golden State, especially in the northern half. Long-term predictions show there’s a chance pattern with cooler temperatures, and rain chances could continue into the second week of May, especially in Northern and Central California, but confidence is low in the forecast. Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA who writes about California weather on his blog, said in an April 23 post that...