Picus
Americannoun
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When Molina announced in 1987 she was going to run for City Council, Picus immediately endorsed her and volunteered to make phone calls and knock on doors in Boyle Heights.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2023
“Well, when I did that, I realized that most of the people I had to talk to only spoke Spanish,” Picus said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2023
Former L.A. councilmember Joy Picus was a key early supporter of Molina’s first campaign back in 1982, for an Eastside Assembly seat.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2023
Flores served three terms before losing to paint-store owner Rudy Svorinich Jr. amid an anti-incumbent election season that also pushed out Councilwoman Joy Picus, who represented the west San Fernando Valley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2021
Raised on a hundred columns, vast and tall, Above the city reared its reverend head A stately fabric, once the palace-hall Of Picus.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor
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