L.A. council President Nury Martinez faces pressure to resign after racist remarks in leaked audio
2 years, 3 months ago

L.A. council President Nury Martinez faces pressure to resign after racist remarks in leaked audio

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez found her political future very much in doubt on Sunday, following the release of a recording in which she made racist and derogatory comments during a conversation with two of her colleagues and a high-profile labor leader. At one point, Martinez called Bonin a “little bitch” and referred to his son as “Parece changuito,” or “like a monkey.” She also said Bonin’s son had misbehaved on a parade float and needed a “beatdown.” During the meeting, which was attended by Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera, De León repeatedly called Bonin the council’s “fourth Black member” and appeared to compare Bonin’s handling of his child to Martinez holding a Louis Vuitton handbag. Real estate developer Rick Caruso, who is running for mayor, said the scandal is only the latest sign that City Hall is “fundamentally broken and dysfunctional.” Caruso said he denounced “everything in these recordings” and highlighted the fact that Martinez and Herrera’s organization had endorsed his opponent. “I see a lot of little short dark people,” Martinez said of that section of Koreatown, employing stereotypes long used against Oaxacans in Mexico and in the United States. “I was like, I don’t know where these people are from, I don’t know what village they came, how they got here,” Martinez said, before adding “Tan feos” — “They’re ugly.” On Twitter Sunday, Bricia Lopez, the co-owner of Guelaguetza, the most famous Oaxacan restaurant in the city, summarized the pain many felt about what had been revealed.

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Winners emerge as L.A. council members receive new assignments for 2025
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Winners emerge as L.A. council members receive new assignments for 2025

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, pictured at a rally last month in Lincoln Heights, came out a winner in this year’s batch of council committee assignments. She assailed the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, saying efforts to get information from that agency has been “the merry go round from hell.” In recent weeks, Rodriguez criticized Harris-Dawson over his push …

Endorsement: Ysabel Jurado for Los Angeles City Council District 14
4 months ago

Endorsement: Ysabel Jurado for Los Angeles City Council District 14

LA Times  

Voters in City Council District 14, which includes downtown, Boyle Heights, Eagle Rock and other communities on L.A.’s eastern flank, have a stark choice on Nov. 5. Jurado’s strong performance over better-known and better-funded politicians speaks to both her strength as a grassroots organizer and the community’s desire for a council representative who can restore trust and address an array …

Nithya Raman, Eunisses Hernandez and Hugo Soto-Martínez: Incumbent-busters
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Nithya Raman, Eunisses Hernandez and Hugo Soto-Martínez: Incumbent-busters

LA Times  

From left, L.A. City Councilmembers Eunisses Hernandez, Nithya Raman and Hugo Soto-Martínez, photographed at City Hall in downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 12. Nithya Raman — the first person to unseat an incumbent in 17 years — also won with more votes than any City Council candidate, ever. The answer became resoundingly clear in 2022, when Eunisses Hernandez and Hugo …

An aide to an L.A. councilman traded Holocaust jokes about Amy Schumer. Now he’s out
1 year, 2 months ago

An aide to an L.A. councilman traded Holocaust jokes about Amy Schumer. Now he’s out

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez, pictured earlier this year, said an aide who exchanged Holocaust jokes about comedian Amy Schumer has resigned. A high-level aide to Los Angeles City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez resigned from his post Friday after facing criticism for making Holocaust jokes about the comedian Amy Schumer on social media. “These antisemitic and misogynistic posts sickened me, …

Column: Nury, Kevin and Gil turn to the most weak salsa excuse of all for their racist remarks
1 year, 3 months ago

Column: Nury, Kevin and Gil turn to the most weak salsa excuse of all for their racist remarks

LA Times  

A protester at the Oct. 11, 2022, L.A. City Council meeting calls for the ouster of Nury Martinez, Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León after the leak of a recording on which the three council members can be heard making racist remarks. The voices — then-Los Angeles City Councilmember Nury Martinez, then-Councilmember Gil Cedillo, Councilmember Kevin de León, and then-Los …

LA councilman who rebuffed Biden’s call to resign after racism scandal is running for reelection
1 year, 3 months ago

LA councilman who rebuffed Biden’s call to resign after racism scandal is running for reelection

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles councilman who was entangled in a City Hall racism scandal and resisted calls from President Joe Biden and other leading Democrats to resign announced Wednesday that he is running for reelection. The scandal last year shook public trust in government and led to the resignations of then-Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez and …

Councilmember Kevin de León, a year after racist audio scandal, says he’ll run again
1 year, 3 months ago

Councilmember Kevin de León, a year after racist audio scandal, says he’ll run again

LA Times  

Councilmember Kevin de León, shown in June, says he will run for reelection next year. Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León, whose political career was upended following the leak of a recorded conversation featuring racist and derogatory remarks, said Wednesday he will seek another four-year term in the city’s March election. De León said it was like when “Nury …

Voters have to look hard to spot the differences in the race for Nury Martinez’s seat
1 year, 6 months ago

Voters have to look hard to spot the differences in the race for Nury Martinez’s seat

LA Times  

The two women running in the June 27 election for a Los Angeles City Council seat representing the central and east San Fernando Valley have striking similarities. Alcaraz, 38, has spent the last 10 years at City Hall working for a City Council district in South L.A. that’s majority Latino and working class. “You can see through my record and …

Valley voters shrugged at election to replace Nury Martinez. Will June be any better?
1 year, 9 months ago

Valley voters shrugged at election to replace Nury Martinez. Will June be any better?

LA Times  

The scandal that brought down Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez generated international headlines, protests outside City Hall and calls for government reforms. Yet last week’s election to fill Martinez’s vacant seat on the City Council was largely ignored by voters. City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez, who represents the northeast San Fernando Valley, said that she’s not surprised by the …

Nury Martinez is gone, but distrust remains high as Valley voters weigh a replacement
1 year, 10 months ago

Nury Martinez is gone, but distrust remains high as Valley voters weigh a replacement

LA Times  

The increase in private jet traffic at Van Nuys Airport is an issue in the April 4 special election to replace former City Council President Nury Martinez, who resigned last year. Voters in Nury Martinez’s City Council district were among those outraged last year when leaked audio captured her ugly remarks. Shianne Smith, vice president of Black Los Angeles Young …

L.A. on the Record: A new leader for LAHSA
1 year, 11 months ago

L.A. on the Record: A new leader for LAHSA

LA Times  

Good morning and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. Public officials and services providers — even harsh critics of LAHSA — indicated broad excitement over the appointment, stemming mostly from Adams Kellum’s work in various communities on street homelessness. Mike Feuer, who dropped out of the L.A. mayor’s race last year after failing to gain …

Embattled LA councilman attends city meeting after scandal
2 years, 1 month ago

Embattled LA councilman attends city meeting after scandal

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Embattled Los Angeles Councilman Kevin de León attended his first City Council meeting Friday in nearly two months since a scandal broke over racist remarks by elected officials. Three council members walked out after de León showed up, including Mike Bonin, whose Black son was called a “monkey” by former council President Nury Martinez in a meeting …

L.A. city voters sent conflicting messages, giving wins to both the left and the center
2 years, 1 month ago

L.A. city voters sent conflicting messages, giving wins to both the left and the center

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Councilmember-elect Hugo Soto-Martinez is heading to City Hall with what he says is a clear mandate to enact bold, progressive policies on housing, homelessness, transportation and other issues. Political science professor Fernando Guerra, who heads the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University, said two other down-ballot contests — city controller and city …

L.A. City Council racist audio leak, transcribed and annotated
2 years, 1 month ago

L.A. City Council racist audio leak, transcribed and annotated

LA Times  

More than a year after it was secretly recorded and a month after it was leaked, a backroom conversation among three Los Angeles City Council members and a prominent union president continues to shake city politics. Julia Wick, reporter “Curren” This refers to Curren Price, a political ally of Martinez’s and a two-term L.A. City Council member who represents Council …

How being an L.A. City Council member became political poison in year of scandal, voter rage
2 years, 2 months ago

How being an L.A. City Council member became political poison in year of scandal, voter rage

LA Times  

If there was one occupation in L.A. that proved to be radioactive with voters this year, it was Los Angeles City Council member. “At a time when the city is going through great crisis, great division, it’s understandable that the public can get angry at their elected government,” he said while attending O’Farrell’s election night party. “People have put their …

City Council censures De León, Cedillo, Martinez after police clear out demonstrators
2 years, 2 months ago

City Council censures De León, Cedillo, Martinez after police clear out demonstrators

LA Times  

Protestors return to City Hall on Wednesday to demand that no meetings be held until Councilmembers Kevin De León and Gil Cedillo have resigned. Under City Charter rules adopted in 2000, the council may, by a two-thirds vote, adopt a resolution of censure against members whose actions “constitute gross failure to meet the high standards of personal and professional conduct.” …

City Council President Paul Krekorian will not excuse Kevin de León’s council absences
2 years, 2 months ago

City Council President Paul Krekorian will not excuse Kevin de León’s council absences

LA Times  

Councilman Kevin de León at the grand opening of his mayoral campaign headquarters in March. Los Angeles City Council President Paul Krekorian had harsh words Monday for his colleague Kevin de León, telling the embattled council member in a letter that his continued presence on the legislative body was “causing actual ongoing harm” to the practical operation of the council. …

Roots of L.A. City Council’s leaked audio scandal can be traced back decades
2 years, 2 months ago

Roots of L.A. City Council’s leaked audio scandal can be traced back decades

LA Times  

In simple terms, the scandal that has sent Los Angeles politics into a tailspin began with a surreptitiously recorded private meeting last year involving three City Council members during which crude, racist comments were made. “What I heard on that tape, it was just unbridled arrogance.” Now, as support grows for changes that would expand the number of council seats …

Eunisses Hernandez unseated Gil Cedillo. Can she help solve L.A.’s political crisis?
2 years, 2 months ago

Eunisses Hernandez unseated Gil Cedillo. Can she help solve L.A.’s political crisis?

LA Times  

Two days after a leaked audio recording jolted Los Angeles, angry and pained citizens packed the City Council chamber. “It’s my responsibility to push off this anti-Blackness and racism.” While it is unusual for a council member-elect to appear on the council floor, Hernandez wasn’t the only one bending protocol that day. He said Hernandez’s ascension, along with the potential …

LA Councilman de Leon says he will not resign amid uproar
2 years, 2 months ago

LA Councilman de Leon says he will not resign amid uproar

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Embattled Los Angeles Councilman Kevin de Leon said Wednesday he will not resign amid an uproar over a leaked tape that revealed him participating in a meeting in which Latino officials made crude, racist remarks and plotted to expand their political power. De Leon called the comments in the private meeting “horrible,” but said the responsibility for …

L.A. Times and Fox 11 to Host ‘LA in Crisis: The Call For Change,’ Town Hall on City Council Scandal, Oct. 20
2 years, 2 months ago

L.A. Times and Fox 11 to Host ‘LA in Crisis: The Call For Change,’ Town Hall on City Council Scandal, Oct. 20

LA Times  

The Los Angeles Times and Fox 11 L.A. are hosting a live town hall event on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 6 p.m. to examine the impact of the L.A. City Council scandal and explore a way forward for the city. L.A. Times Columnist Erika D. Smith, Staff Writer Benjamin Oreskes and Op-Ed Columnist LZ Granderson will join Fox 11 News …

Column: Is L.A. Councilmember Kevin de León a political dead man walking?
2 years, 2 months ago

Column: Is L.A. Councilmember Kevin de León a political dead man walking?

LA Times  

Political strategists have plenty of advice for Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León, starting with suggestions he quit and disappear for a good while. Politics Once seen as a trailblazer, Kevin de León tumbles after leaked racist tape The racist comments on a recording that rocked Los Angeles City Hall ensnared Councilman Kevin de León in controversy. “Never underestimate …

How all 15 L.A. City Council members have responded to the racist leaked audio
2 years, 3 months ago

How all 15 L.A. City Council members have responded to the racist leaked audio

LA Times  

The Los Angeles City Council is in crisis. Secretly recorded audio revealed three council members — Nury Martinez, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo, along with a local labor leader who has now resigned — engaged in a racist conversation and the kind of slimy backroom politicking that we usually see only in the movies. To start at the beginning, …

The mystery behind L.A. racist tape scandal: Who leaked it — and why?
2 years, 3 months ago

The mystery behind L.A. racist tape scandal: Who leaked it — and why?

LA Times  

Questions are swirling about the origins of a recording that captured Councilmember Kevin de León and then-council President Nury Martinez, among others, making racist, crude and bigoted remarks. “My goal in life is to get the three of you elected, and you know, I’m just focused on that,” Ron Herrera, president of the federation, told Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Gil Cedillo …

LA Council faces uncertainty amid furor over racist remarks
2 years, 3 months ago

LA Council faces uncertainty amid furor over racist remarks

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Where does the Los Angeles City Council go from here? Martinez said in the recorded conversation that white Councilmember Mike Bonin handled his young Black son as if he were an “accessory” and said of his son “Parece changuito,” or “he’s like a monkey,” the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. She also referred to Bonin as a …

Nury Martinez resigns from L.A. City Council in wake of audio leak scandal
2 years, 3 months ago

Nury Martinez resigns from L.A. City Council in wake of audio leak scandal

LA Times  

Nury Martinez resigned her seat on the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday, days after the release of an explosive leaked audio of a racist, crude conversation. “And last, to all little Latina girls across this city — I hope I’ve inspired you to dream beyond that which you can see,” Martinez said. In closing, she said: “While I take …

LA Council Member Takes Leave Of Absence Following Racist Comments, Still Not Resigning
2 years, 3 months ago

LA Council Member Takes Leave Of Absence Following Racist Comments, Still Not Resigning

Huff Post  

Council member Nury Martinez is not heeding calls to resign. Irfan Khan via Getty Images Nury Martinez, a Los Angeles City Council member exposed for making racist comments during a secretly taped conversation with other government officials, announced Tuesday that she is taking a leave of absence. I am so sorry to the residents of Council District 6, my colleagues, …

Los Angeles Council president resigns after racist remarks
2 years, 3 months ago

Los Angeles Council president resigns after racist remarks

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The president of the Los Angeles City Council resigned from the post Monday after she was heard making racist comments and other coarse remarks in a leaked recording of a conversation with other Latino leaders. “Therefore, effective immediately I am resigning as President of the Los Angeles City Council.” The statement did not say she would resign …

Racist leaked audio. Corruption. City Hall in chaos. L.A. politics faces a perilous moment
2 years, 3 months ago

Racist leaked audio. Corruption. City Hall in chaos. L.A. politics faces a perilous moment

LA Times  

The scandal engulfing Los Angeles City Councilmember Nury Martinez comes at a volatile time in city politics, with a consequential election just weeks away. Yet another scandal burst into public view over the weekend when the release of a secret audio recording revealed a closed-door meeting in which the City Council president, two of her colleagues and the county’s top …

Op-Ed: Racial divides in Los Angeles politics are wrong morally and pragmatically
2 years, 3 months ago

Op-Ed: Racial divides in Los Angeles politics are wrong morally and pragmatically

LA Times  

Nury Martinez, shown at a City Council meeting in 2019, resigned as council president and took a leave of absence as of Tuesday. The leaked racist remarks by some of the city’s most prominent Latino leaders — City Councilmembers Kevin de León, Gil Cedillo and Nury Martinez, who has resigned as council president, and L.A. County Federation of Labor leader …

Nury Martinez also makes crude comments about Jews and Armenians in leaked audio
2 years, 3 months ago

Nury Martinez also makes crude comments about Jews and Armenians in leaked audio

LA Times  

In the same leaked audio clips posted to Reddit in which former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez made racist remarks about Black people and Oaxacans, she also made crude remarks about Jewish people and Armenians. In the recording reviewed by The Times, Martinez can be heard saying the “judíos” — which means Jews in Spanish — “cut their …

Photos: High emotion at first City Council meeting following leaked audio of Nury Martinez’s racists remarks
2 years, 3 months ago

Photos: High emotion at first City Council meeting following leaked audio of Nury Martinez’s racists remarks

LA Times  

Emotions ran high at the first Los Angeles City Council meeting following the leaked audio in which former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez is heard making racists remarks about a fellow council member’s son. Councilmember Mike Bonin gets emotional as he addresses the general public at Tuesday’s L.A. City Council meeting. Protesters block Main Street while the Los …

Abcarian: Racist L.A. City Council conversation spared no one
2 years, 3 months ago

Abcarian: Racist L.A. City Council conversation spared no one

LA Times  

Nury Martinez has stepped down as L.A. City Council president and taken a leave of absence after she was heard making racist remarks on a recording. Among the many casual slurs made by several of our city’s high-profile Latino Democratic officials in a secretly recorded conversation about redistricting were a few mild ones directed at a former City Hall staffer …

Protests, anger, tears roil L.A. City Council meeting over leaked racist recordings
2 years, 3 months ago

Protests, anger, tears roil L.A. City Council meeting over leaked racist recordings

LA Times  

Politicians, religious leaders, activists and everyday Angelenos directed their fury at the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday, telling elected leaders about the rage and sadness they felt over a recording in which Councilmember Nury Martinez is heard making racist remarks and denigrating colleagues. California Photos: High emotion at first City Council meeting following leaked audio of Nury Martinez’s racists …

Racist remarks by Los Angeles City Council president overshadow years of work toward solidarity between Black and Latino communities, experts say
2 years, 3 months ago

Racist remarks by Los Angeles City Council president overshadow years of work toward solidarity between Black and Latino communities, experts say

CNN  

CNN — Nury Martinez resigned Monday as president of the Los Angeles City Council after she made disdainful and racist comments about the Black child of a fellow councilmember. The Times reported that Martinez also said of Bonin’s child, “Parece changuito,” or “He’s like a monkey.” Councilmembers de Leon and Cedillo – alongside former president of the Los Angeles County …

Los Angeles City Council member takes leave and labor union leader resigns amid scandal involving racist remarks
2 years, 3 months ago

Los Angeles City Council member takes leave and labor union leader resigns amid scandal involving racist remarks

CNN  

CNN — Los Angeles City Council member Nury Martinez took a leave of absence and a labor union leader resigned as the fallout widened from a leaked audio recording of racist remarks by Martinez about a fellow council member and his Black child. It gave a beat down to the heart and soul of the city.‚Äù Ron Herrera, the president …

Los Angeles Council president resigns after racist remarks
2 years, 3 months ago

Los Angeles Council president resigns after racist remarks

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Therefore, effective immediately I am resigning as President …

LA City Council Member Resigns Leadership Post After Leaked Audio Of Racist Comments
2 years, 3 months ago

LA City Council Member Resigns Leadership Post After Leaked Audio Of Racist Comments

Huff Post  

Nury Martinez stepped down as president of the Los Angeles City Council on Monday after leaked audio revealed her making racist remarks about a colleague and his child. In audio clips posted by the LA Times and Knock LA, Martinez can be heard saying that her fellow council member, a white man, is a “little bitch” and “thinks he’s fucking …

Breaking down crucial moments in the racist leaked recording of L.A. councilmembers
2 years, 3 months ago

Breaking down crucial moments in the racist leaked recording of L.A. councilmembers

LA Times  

In what they thought was a private conversation, some of the most powerful people in Los Angeles politics gathered to discuss the city’s once-every-decade redistricting process. Martinez and the other Latino leaders present during the taped conversation were seemingly unaware they were being recorded as Martinez said a white councilmember handled his young Black son as though he were an …

Editorial: Resign, Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo
2 years, 3 months ago

Editorial: Resign, Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez should resign from the council. The audio was from a roughly hourlong conversation from October 2021 with Martinez, Councilmembers Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera. VIDEO | 03:12 City Council leader makes racist comments about colleague’s young son Council President Nury Martinez makes …

Political futures in jeopardy amid mounting calls for L.A. City Council members to resign
2 years, 3 months ago

Political futures in jeopardy amid mounting calls for L.A. City Council members to resign

LA Times  

Nury Martinez resigned as L.A. City Council president after audio of her making racist statements and disparaging other politicians was leaked. Calls for Los Angeles City Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo to resign continued to mount on Monday, as the fallout from an incendiary leaked conversation radiated through the city. Following outrage over the racist comments …

Column: Council President Nury Martinez shamed the office, let down the city. She should step down
2 years, 3 months ago

Column: Council President Nury Martinez shamed the office, let down the city. She should step down

LA Times  

Nury Martinez resigned as president of the Los Angeles City Council, amid calls that she should leave the council altogether. “I take responsibility for what I said and there are no excuses for those comments,” Martinez said in a statement about giving up the top post on the Los Angeles City Council. “As an Angeleno and Oaxacan woman, I am …

Los Angeles City Council president resigns from leadership role after audio leaked of her racist remarks
2 years, 3 months ago

Los Angeles City Council president resigns from leadership role after audio leaked of her racist remarks

CNN  

CNN — Los Angeles City Council member Nury Martinez has resigned as the legislative body’s president after making racist remarks about a fellow council member and his Black child. In clips of the leaked audio posted by the Times, Martinez is heard recounting a conversation and says “Bonin thinks he’s f**king Black.” According to the Times, Martinez says Bonin appeared …

What we know about the explosive leaked audio roiling L.A. City Hall and its origins
2 years, 3 months ago

What we know about the explosive leaked audio roiling L.A. City Hall and its origins

LA Times  

A leaked audio recording of three members of the Los Angeles City Council and a top county labor official punctuated by racist comments and derisive remarks about colleagues has rocked Los Angeles politics just a month before a key election. VIDEO | 03:12 City Council leader makes racist comments about colleague’s young son Council President Nury Martinez makes racist remarks …

Racist remarks in leaked audio of L.A. council members spark outrage, disgust
2 years, 3 months ago

Racist remarks in leaked audio of L.A. council members spark outrage, disgust

LA Times  

L.A. City Council President Nury Martinez, shown in 2019, made racist comments in a 2021 meeting, according to a recording reviewed by The Times. Martinez and the other Latino leaders present during the taped conversation were seemingly unaware they were being recorded as Martinez said a white councilmember handled his young Black son as though he were an “accessory” and …

Endorsement: Danielle Sandoval for Los Angeles City Council
2 years, 3 months ago

Endorsement: Danielle Sandoval for Los Angeles City Council

LA Times  

Of the two candidates running to replace Councilman Joe Buscaino, Danielle Sandoval, a community activist and entrepreneur from Harbor City, is best positioned to advocate for all Angelenos and deliver real change on pressing issues from housing and homelessness to public safety and pollution. Update: In light of unresolved wage claims against Danielle Sandoval, the Times has changed its endorsement …

L.A. council fails to pick a replacement for Ridley-Thomas, exposing a divide at City Hall
2 years, 4 months ago

L.A. council fails to pick a replacement for Ridley-Thomas, exposing a divide at City Hall

LA Times  

Five L.A. City Council members blocked a vote on a proposal to name Heather Hutt, above, as the interim representative of the 10th District, sending it to a committee for review. Councilwoman-elect Eunisses Hernandez, who defeated Councilman Gil Cedillo in June but won’t be seated until December, also weighed in, saying the choice of an interim council member should not …

L.A. City Council splits on how to fill indicted Councilman Ridley-Thomas’ seat
2 years, 4 months ago

L.A. City Council splits on how to fill indicted Councilman Ridley-Thomas’ seat

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas has been suspended since October. Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez on Friday called for a new replacement for indicted Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, days after a judge torpedoed the council’s previous choice. Hutt, who served as a political aide to Vice President Kamala Harris during her time in the U.S. Senate, has spent …

L.A. council president calls for Wesson to temporarily represent Ridley-Thomas’ district
2 years, 11 months ago

L.A. council president calls for Wesson to temporarily represent Ridley-Thomas’ district

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez on Wednesday called for former Councilman Herb Wesson to return on a temporary basis, representing the South L.A. district that elected Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas a little more than a year ago. “The constituents of Council District 10 need a voting member who understands their community to represent them within council chambers.” The proposal, …

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