Mapa's Success Leads to Its Decline Politics: Latino Group Finds Itself Supplanted by Newer Organizations.

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California's oldest Latino political organization may be facing its last hurrah, having become a victim of its own success.

In recent years, the Mexican American Political Association has seen the dismantling of many of its chapters, in part due to the enormous success Latinos have had over the past several decades entering political office.

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Mapa's Success Leads to Its Decline Politics: Latino Group Finds Itself Supplanted by Newer Organizations.

"MAPA was an important organization that was formed when there were hardly any Latino elected officials," said James Acevedo, regarded by many as the godfather of Latino politics in the San Fernando Valley.

MAPA's reputation in California is also suffering as its controversial state pres...

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