The mayor of La Laguna, Luis Yeray Gutiérrez, has signed this Wednesday the decree that establishes the distribution of areas of the new municipal government group, made up of the ten councilors of the PSOE, after having been re-elected last June 17 in a minority after each of the political forces present in the constituent session of the local consistory voted for their mayoral candidates. As none of them obtained an absolute majority, he was chosen as the candidate of the most voted force.
Badel Albelo will hold the first tenure of mayoralty and will be councilor for Sports and Citizen Participation, in addition to presiding over the Autonomous Sports Organization. Cristina Ledesma will be second deputy mayor and councilor for Citizen Security, and as such she will hold the sectoral powers corresponding to the Local Police; planning, control and processing; transport and mobility; and Civil Protection.
Ángel Hernández Chinea will be the third deputy mayor, and councilor for the Environment and Municipal Services, with responsibility for urban waste; Street lighting; parks and gardens; markets; water supply; beaches and pools; climate change; Anaga Rural Park; air and acoustics; sustainability; pollution control and management; animal health and welfare; and municipal cemeteries.
As the fourth deputy mayor is Adolfo Cordobés, who will direct the Department of Territorial Planning, Works, Infrastructures, Housing and Historical Heritage and will be director of the Urban Planning Management.
Carla Cabrera will be the fifth deputy mayor and councilor for the Presidency and Planning, areas that include the general regime and citizen information, human resources, IT and contracting.
Francisca Rivero will hold the sixth tenure of mayor and will be councilor for Finance and Economic Services. Its powers include control, auditing, treasury, taxes and other operations related to the management of budgetary resources and income in general; budgets; estate and heritage.
The seventh tenure of mayor falls to Dailos González, who will also be councilor for Equality, Culture, Education and Festivals, Education, Youth, Equality and Transversality; and LGBTI. In addition, he will be president of the Autonomous Organization of Musical Activities.
María Leonor Cruz will be the eighth deputy mayor, and councilor for Social Welfare and Quality of Life, with competencies in basic social services; accessibility and handicap; drug addiction and woman.
Lastly, as the ninth deputy mayor and councilor for Tourism, Commerce and the Primary Sector will be Leticia Villegas, who will hold the powers in hotels and restaurants; rural, agricultural, livestock and fishing development; promotion and local economic development; employment; company and the Municipal Consumer Information Office.
