In a letter to Donovan last month, Cardoza wrote: "If you can't turn your department around then you should do the honorable thing."
Cardoza said in an interview, "The president isn't welcome to campaign with me right now. He is welcome to come to my district and help me do my job, which is providing relief to my constituents." http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-obama-dems14-2010feb14,0,2394992.story