Biography
Jose Espinoza was identified as local labor leader during the 1936 Orange County orange-grove strike. The July 20 Western Worker reports that Velarde, Espinoza and State Federation of Labor representative Fred West were arrested while driving through Fullerton the preceding Tuesday. It states that Jose Espinoza remained jailed in Santa Ana on vagrancy charges in lieu of $1,000 bail. No sentencing, exact physical release date or complete custody duration is established. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/westernworker/1936/v5n58-w319-jul-20-1936.pdf#page=2
