The Los Angeles City Council has made an official apology for the 1943 “Zoot Suit Riots” and recognized the city’s brutally cruel treatment of Mexican-Americans during that time. Councilman Kevin de León presented a resolution on May 17th that stated “Los Angeles City Council and city of Los Angeles by adoption of this resolution hereby apologizes to the people and communities impacted by the Zoot Suit Riots.” The apology also established a Zoot Suit Heritage Week from June 3-9 every year. During the City Council meeting, Miguel Vera Lopez of the Chicano Moratorium Committee, Manny Alcarez and representatives from the Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council gave remarks on the significance of the event. “I really appreciate the fact that at the local, county, state levels and hopefully soon at the federal level that these recognitions will play a most important role in setting the record,” Lopez said. “Our children and grandchildren will know the truth of what truly happened.”
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