Former Elk Grove Mayor Ly appears on Commonwealth Club discussing racism during current, 2020 election
Last week Elk Grove’s former Mayor and his wife made an appearance on a show sponsored by the well-regarded Commonwealth Club.
Appearing with host Michelle Meow was Steve Ly and his wife Cua Lo-Ly. During the hour-long segment Ly covered many topics including the controversial 2020 Elk Grove mayoral campaign.
Ly said during Elk Grove’s 2020 election there was “was a coalition that wanted to perpetuate that Hmong men; ‘you must beat your wife, you must abuse women and take advantage of them.'”
Additionally, the Ly’s discussed mailers distributed by the California Association of Realtors during the 2022 primary targeting him and Elk Grove City Councilmember Stephanie Nguyen who is running for the California State Assembly. Ly ran for the District 5 Sacramento County Board of Supervisor seat and currently in third place.
He added, “if you take any other group and said the same thing about them, there’s no if and buts, it racism.” Ly and Lo-Ly are of Hmong ancestry.
The entire interview is in this video.
