Our Mission

LAPA is a non-partisan political organization whose mission is to promote leadership and unity in the Latino community and promote and increase Latino participation in the political process and representation in government.
Welcome
Welcome, and thank you for visiting the Latino American Political Association (LAPA) online. We hope that our website highlights the wide variety of work we do to increase Latino political power and participation throughout San Diego County.  Please feel free to read more about our organization on this site.
Meetings
LAPA’s monthly meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at Andrés Restaurant located at 1235 Morena Blvd.
Networking begins at 6pm with the meeting starting at 6:30pm.  
A special thanks to Andrés Restaurant for allowing us to meet at their restaurant every month.

President's Message

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Delores Chavez Harmes
Welcome to LAPA.
It is a great honor to lead and represent such a professional organization. 

For almost 50 years LAPA, a non-partisan political organization, has been on a mission to ensure issues important to the Latino community, their families and businesses are represented in all levels of Government.  We promote leadership and unity within the Latino community and promote and increase Latino participation in the political process and representation in all forms of government. 

Our members come from all walks of life and political parties. 

The current pandemic we find ourselves in  2020 only strengthens our resolve that electing our local, state and national leaders is of the greatest importance.

And in this "new normal" that we find ourselves in, we continue the mission of the  LAPA by holding candidate forums as well as our annual events such as our golf tournament; which benefits the LAPA Foundation for Excellence. We continue to support the annual Barrio Logan toy drive and the National Latino Police Officers Association Battle of the Badges. And we  partner with and support other Organizations pursuing similar goals. 
We remain committed to community issues relevant to Latinos. 

I welcome you to come join us and become a part of this unique and storied team as we engage, educate and edify our communities.
​Bienvenidos!