Senator Pérez issues statement on investigation into financial discrimination against Armenian community
SACRAMENTO – Senator Sasha Renée Pérez (D-Pasadena) issued the following statement on the Los Angeles Civil Rights Department’s recently launched investigation into claims of financial discrimination against Armenian Americans:
“As a proud representative of the 25th Senate District, home to the largest concentration of Armenian Americans in the state, I am disgusted by these claims of financial discrimination. Discrimination in any form is wrong, but discrimination based on ethnicity or national origin is especially dangerous. All Californians deserve to be treated fairly when accessing banks and financial institutions.
“I fully support the Los Angeles Civil Rights Department’s investigation into these claims of financial discrimination, and encourage my constituents of Armenian descent to report all possible instances of financial discrimination.
“We will not tolerate any systemic discrimination and will use every tool at our disposal to identify and eliminate it.”
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Senator Sasha Renée Pérez is the Chair of the Senate Education Committee and represents the 25th Senate District that includes the communities of Glendale, Pasadena, Alhambra, Altadena, Arcadia, Claremont, Glendora, La Cañada Flintridge, La Crescenta-Montrose, Monrovia, Monterey Park, Rosemead, San Gabriel, San Marino, Sierra Madre, South Pasadena, Temple City, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, Upland, and San Antonio Heights. Senator Pérez is a member of the California Armenian Legislative Caucus Foundation.