"I'm running to protect Los Angeles from crime and corruption and to shelter the unsheltered."
SHERRI “ONICA” VALLE COLE
Q. Tell everyone who you are and what you do. A. Sherri “Onica” Valle Cole is a mother, teacher and attorney specializing in domestic violence, tenant›s rights and homeless client›s re-entry into housing and the workforce. Onica is the first African-American candidate for the office of Los Angeles City Attorney in the history of the city. Once elected, she would be the first woman, first AfricanAmerican and first Latina to ever 46
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head the office. She spent nearly sixteen years in the office and was fired when she opposed the corruption within the office and spoke truth to power. Onica was appointed as Temporary Judge for the Los Angeles Superior Court and served as a judge throughout Los Angeles County. While at the City Attorney’s Office, Onica developed expertise in prosecuting both criminally and civilly consumer and workforce
protection cases. Since then, Sherri Onica has been tasked with working for several large insurance companies, litigation cases and conducting jury trials on behalf of her clients. The day after the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict she left her position and opened a practice to help the vulnerable members of the Los Angeles community. Onica’s first client, was a domestic violence victim who could not stand up
