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Noted Labor, Community Leader In Ventura County Dies

A nationally known labor leader who was later known for his work in the community on the South Coast has died.

Hank Lacayo was a prominent official with the United Auto Workers on the West Coast, and in Detroit. In the 1980’s, he retired from his union work to form a public policy consulting firm which had a number of major corporate clients in Southern California. He lived in Ventura County, where he became involved with a number of non-profits.

Lacayo lost his long battle with cancer. He was 86 years old.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.