pointed to head the MTA in Los Angeles, and it was widely anticipated that he would herald Hispanics' "track" to political power (Mendosa, 1993). But six years later Alatorre's tenure was marked by scandal and his guilty plea to MTA influence peddling. Thus statistics about income and population patterns of Hispanics in Southern California dramatically illustrate the relative economic strength, and by extension the potential for economic or public-policy influence, of the Hispanic community.
The fact that there are limits on the reach of influence on transportation by the Hispanic population of Southern California has been suggested i
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