{"id":10122,"date":"2023-09-26T10:17:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T17:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=10122"},"modified":"2023-09-26T10:17:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T17:17:46","slug":"dan-smith-diaz-received-the-latin-american-political-association-lapa-endorsement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=10122","title":{"rendered":"Dan Smith Diaz Received the Latin American Political Association (LAPA) Endorsement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chula Vista attorney Dan Smith Diaz has received the Latin American Political Association (LAPA) endorsement for the Chula Vista City Attorney race.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On September 22, 2023, LAPA confirmed Smith Diaz was officially endorsed following a forum with all Chula Vista city attorney candidates, held a week prior.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Latin American Political Association is very proud to endorse Dan Smith Diaz for Chula Vista City Attorney,\u201d said Eddie Cervantes, LAPA President. \u201cDan has well-rounded experience as an attorney and will provide exceptional legal counsel to the City as city attorney.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LAPA is a non-partisan association with the mission to \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promote leadership and unity in the Latino community and to increase Latino participation in the political process and representation government<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lapasd.com<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smith Diaz has been an attorney for 33 years, lived in Chula Vista for more than 20 years, and has operated his law firm in the heart of downtown Chula Vista for 11 years. He and his wife, Layla Villegas Smith, are proud to have raised their three children in Chula Vista.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information on Dan Smith Diaz and to get involved with his campaign, please visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chula4smith.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.chula4smith.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chula Vista attorney Dan Smith Diaz has received the Latin American Political Association (LAPA) endorsement for the Chula Vista City Attorney race.\u00a0 &nbsp; On September 22, 2023, LAPA confirmed Smith Diaz was officially endorsed following a forum with all Chula Vista city attorney candidates, held a week prior.\u00a0 &nbsp; \u201cThe Latin American Political Association is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - 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