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DENOUNCED THE RECENT ATTACKS. KCRA 3’S EMILY MAHER IS HERE NOW WITH THE LATEST. >> BRIAN, LISA, THAT FAKE DATING PROFILE WAS DISCOVERED TODAY. IT WAS POSTED ON THE LGBTQ DATING SITE GRINDR. INCUMBENT STEVE HANSEN IS FACING OFF AGAINST OPPONENT KATIE VALENZUELA TO REPRESENT SACRAMENTO’S DISTRICT FOU TH WEEK, BOTH SIDES AND MAYOR DARRELL STEINBERG HAVE DENOUNCED THE ATTACKS AGAINST HANSEN. KCRA OF THE FAKE DATING PROFILE. THEY INCLUDE A PICTURE OF HANSEN A BIO PAGE AND A FAKE LIST OF THINGS HE DOESN’T SUPPORT. THE POST GOES ON TO SAY PLEASE BE AWARE OF MY PREFERENCES. ESPECIALLY MY ANTI-AFFORDABLE RENT STANC I SPOKE WITH HANSEN’S OPPONENT TONIGHT WHO SAYS THIS TYPE OF ATTACK NEEDS TO STOP. IT’S PLAYING IN THE WORST OF OUR SOCIETY AND HOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TREATING THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND WE ARE ABSOLUTELY OPPOSED TO IT. IT IS HORRIFIC AND SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY TAKEN DOWN AND I DON’T KNOW WHO DID IT, I’M SICK TO MY STOMACH BUT I SAW THAT THERE’D -- THAT. >> YESTERDAY COUNCILMEMBER HANSEN ADDRESSED ANOTHER ATTACK AGAINST HIM. THESE FLIERS WERE HUNG ON DOORS ACROSS HIS DISTRICT. ON ONE SIDE IS A PICTURE OF DONALD TRUMP WITH THE WORDS RESIST LOCALLY. ON THE OTHER IS A PICTURE OF HANSEN ACCUSING THE DEMOCRAT OF BEING A REPUBLICAN. HIS OPPONENT SAYS HER CAMPAIGN DID NOT PUT OUT THE FLYE AND IT WAS LIKELY PRODUCED AND FUNDED BY THE UNIONS OR POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT HER CAMPAIGN. >> THEY’RE BULLYING THE ONLY OPENLY LGBTQ PERSON ON THE CITY COUNCIL. THEY’RE NOT DOING THAT WITH ANYONE ELSE. SO IT LEAVES YOU TO WONDER. WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF? A HIDDEN PREJUDICE? SOME IMPLICIT CAMPAIGN TO TEAR ME DOWN SO OTHERS CAN WIN? TONIGHT, I SPOKE WITH THE BOARD PRESIDENT OF SACRAMENTO’S LGBTQ CENTER. HE SAYS THEY’RE NOT ENDORSING EITHER CANDIDATE. THEY ARE SAYING THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON POLICY AND POLITICAL ISSUES, NOT A CANDIDATE’S SEXUAL ORIENTATION. >> THERES A METHODICAL CAMPAIGN TO DEHUMANIZE AND DEMORALIZE A CANDIDATE AND AN INCUMBENT W HOLDS A PUBLIC OFFICE. THE IMAGES THAT WE’VE SEEN AND THE TACTICS THAT WE’VE SEEN HAVE GONE ON STRAIGHT AT HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND WE HAVE TO STAND UP AGAINST IT PARTICULARLY IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF MISINFORMATION. >> COUNCILMAN HANSEN DECLINED TO SPEAK WITH

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A Sacramento city council member running for reelection was targeted in a campaign that personally attacks him and his sexuality.A fake profile impersonating Democratic incumbent Steve Hansen was created on Grindr, a dating app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people.Hansen is facing off against Katie Valenzuela to represent District 4. Both Hansen and Valenzuela have denounced the attacks.Screenshots sent to KCRA 3 News of the fake dating profile include a picture of Hansen, a bio page and a fake list of things he doesn’t support, including people in marginalized groups. The fake bio reads, “Please be aware of my preferences. Especially my anti-affordable rent stance!”Valenzuela said she doesn’t know who created the fake profile.“It’s playing into the worst of our society and how people have been treated the LGBTQ community, and we are absolutely opposed to it,” she said. “It is horrific and should be absolutely taken down. I don’t know who did it, but I’m sick to my stomach tonight when I saw that. It’s just awful."On Monday, Hansen, alongside Mayor Darrell Steinberg, addressed another attack against him.Flyers were hung on doors across his district. On one side, is a picture of Donald Trump with the words, “Resist Locally.” On the reverse is a picture of Hansen and words accusing the Democrat of supporting Republicans.Valenzuela said her campaign did not put out the flyer and it was likely produced and funded by the unions or political organizations that support her campaign.“They’re bullying the only openly LGBTQ person on the city council,” Hansen said on Monday. “They’re not doing that with anyone else. It leaves you to wonder, what are they trying to take advantage of? Prejudice? Some implicit campaign to tear me down so others can win?”The board president of Sacramento’s LGBTQ Center said it is not endorsing either candidate.Board president Carlos Marquez said the focus should be on policy and political issues, not a candidate’s sexual orientation.“There’s a methodical campaign to dehumanize and demoralize a candidate and an incumbent who holds a public office,” Marquez said. “The images we’ve seen and the tactics that we’ve seen have gone on straight at his sexual orientation, and we have to stand up against it, particularly in an environment of misinformation.”Hansen declined to speak with KCRA on Tuesday.The primary election is March 3.