Column: Kenneth Mejia rode the wave of the new left and swamped L.A.’s political establishment

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The incoming Los Angeles city controller arrived for our interview on a scooter.

Kenneth Mejia, 32, is one of the faces of a local political transformation in which a youth corps is replacing the old guard, solid Democrats are being outflanked by the new left, and politicians are being replaced by activists.

That wasn’t true in every race on the local ballot. But Eunisses Hernandez, who called for abolishing the Police Department, pushed out Councilmember Gil Cedillo.

Hugo Soto-Martinez, who was backed by the Democratic Socialists of America and said Councilman Mitch O’Farrell might as well be a Republican, easily booted O’Farrell out of City Hall.

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