David Polanco is president of the United Lowrider Council of San Jose. He says the ban didn't stop the lowrider community from expanding its culture.
"This just didn't pop up in a year, this is generations and generations of people sharing this passion with their kids and growing and it's still thrived," Polanco said. The city council voted unanimously last year to repeal it and though the city now has a new mayor and several new council members since then...many current leaders were on hand to show support, including Ortiz, District 5 councilmember Omar Torres and Mayor Matt Mahan.
"City Hall is everyone's city hall, so I'm excited to invite the low rider Council and the many owners of these beautiful cars to come on down," Mahan said.