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Opinión: ¿Qué significaría para Los Ángeles el regreso de Kevin de León?
1 year, 2 months ago

Opinión: ¿Qué significaría para Los Ángeles el regreso de Kevin de León?

LA Times  

El concejal Kevin de León, que se presenta a la reelección, saluda fuera de su oficina en Los Ángeles el 21 de septiembre. “Por culpa de gente como Kevin, la gente ha perdido la fe en nuestra democracia”, me dijo, y añadió que la consecuencia ha sido una baja participación electoral en el distrito. Pero los negros serán los siguientes …

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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 …

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‘Ain’t a damn thing changed.’ Black L.A. skeptical a year after racist audio leak that roiled City Hall
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Ain’t a damn thing changed.’ Black L.A. skeptical a year after racist audio leak that roiled City Hall

LA Times  

Protesters pack City Hall last year demanding that no meetings be held until Councilmembers Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo resign. “You don’t climb to the top of office without being so dirty and brash and putting down a certain group of people,” Brewer said. I can’t afford to be negative.” Since the audio recorded at the labor federation headquarters …

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Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo sue over leaked audio recording
1 year, 3 months ago

Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo sue over leaked audio recording

LA Times  

Two prominent Los Angeles political figures are suing over an incendiary secret recording that upended City Hall nearly a year ago, according to filings posted on the Superior Court’s website. “But the most glaring fact omitted from the public discourse over this conversation is that Mr. Cedillo never made any comment that was even remotely offensive during the illegally recorded …

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Column: 2022 was the year Latino politicians became the ultimate villains
2 years ago

Column: 2022 was the year Latino politicians became the ultimate villains

LA Times  

Until I joined The Times four years ago, I cared as much about Los Angeles politics as I did the Peoria City Council. As other Latino politicians assumed important posts — Xavier Becerra joined President Biden’s Cabinet as the secretary of Health and Human Services in 2021, the same year Alex Padilla became California’s first Latino U.S. senator — I …

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By not resigning, Kevin de León gives anti-Blackness a pass
2 years, 1 month ago

By not resigning, Kevin de León gives anti-Blackness a pass

LA Times  

I can’t get a particular song out of my head, and I apologize now for putting it in yours. When there’s 100 of us,” meaning Angelenos of Mexican descent, “it sounds like there’s 10 of us.” I cast a vote for De León in 2018, when he ran for the U.S. Senate. Since the tape’s leak, Brown said the councilman …

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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.” …

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LAPD launches criminal probe of racist leak at request of Martinez, De León, Cedillo
2 years, 2 months ago

LAPD launches criminal probe of racist leak at request of Martinez, De León, Cedillo

LA Times  

Los Angeles police Chief Michel Moore announced Tuesday that his department has launched an investigation into the source of the leaked racist recordings that thrust City Hall into a harsh national spotlight. “The department has initiated a criminal investigation into the allegation of eavesdropping into the L.A. Fed meeting involving then-Councilperson Nury Martinez, Councilmember Gil Cedillo and Councilmember Kevin de …

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Amid noisy protest, the L.A. City Council — listening via earbuds — conducts its business
2 years, 2 months ago

Amid noisy protest, the L.A. City Council — listening via earbuds — conducts its business

LA Times  

Pete White, center, with the Los Angeles Community Action Network, and Kenia Alcocer, right in red, with the Los Angeles Tenants Union, join other protesters shouting for over two hours to disrupt the Los Angeles City Council meeting on Oct. 25. Walker said she found De León to be “arrogant” during an hourlong interview, held right before the council’s meeting, …

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L.A. on the Record: A City Council standoff as De León digs in, Cedillo stays silent
2 years, 2 months ago

L.A. on the Record: A City Council standoff as De León digs in, Cedillo stays silent

LA Times  

Then-acting Council President Mitch O’Farrell, left, speaks with Councilmember Kevin de León at a City Council meeting on Oct. 11, two days after the recording came to light. Theoretically, according to Section 207 of the charter, an office becomes vacant when “the incumbent has been absent from the City without the consent of the Council for more than 60 consecutive …

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Column: De León embodied the American dream. After racist audio leak, he’s living a political nightmare
2 years, 2 months ago

Column: De León embodied the American dream. After racist audio leak, he’s living a political nightmare

LA Times  

Then-mayoral candidate Kevin de León takes part in the 75th annual Memorial Day celebration at Cinco Puntos Mexican American War Memorial in Boyle Heights on May 30. Back when he led the state Senate, currently disgraced Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León acknowledged growing up with “a chip on my shoulder,” thinking “I wasn’t good enough, maybe.” That chip …

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De León vows: ‘I will not resign.’ Council president says apology isn’t enough
2 years, 2 months ago

De León vows: ‘I will not resign.’ Council president says apology isn’t enough

LA Times  

L.A. City Councilmember Kevin de León says he won’t resign after the leak of an audio conversation in which racist comments were made. “We need to show the world that there is no seat for racism, exclusion and disrespect on the Los Angeles City Council.” Earlier in the day, De León sent a letter to Krekorian in which he expressed …

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LA’s Black-Latino tensions bared in City Council scandal
2 years, 2 months ago

LA’s Black-Latino tensions bared in City Council scandal

Associated Press  

Cross-cultural coalitions have ruled Los Angeles politics for decades, helping elect both Black and Latino politicians to top leadership roles in the huge racially and ethnically diverse city. Danny J. Bakewell, Sr., the executive publisher of the Los Angeles Sentinel, a Black-run newspaper, wrote afterward of “the cancerous divisiveness that has been secretly harming our progress.” “To discover that these …

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Column: ‘I’m a Black woman, not a pawn.’ The forgotten victim of L.A.’s racist tape scandal
2 years, 2 months ago

Column: ‘I’m a Black woman, not a pawn.’ The forgotten victim of L.A.’s racist tape scandal

LA Times  

Heather Hutt, an interim member of the L.A. City Council for the 10th District, at City Hall in August. “The one who will support us is Heather Hutt,” says Los Angeles City Councilmember Gil Cedillo. But now, it’s like, ‘Wow.’” :: Angelenos who support appointing Heather Hutt as an interim councilmember attend a City Council meeting in August. “Folks remember …

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Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León stripped of City Council committee posts over racist leak
2 years, 2 months ago

Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León stripped of City Council committee posts over racist leak

LA Times  

The Los Angeles City Council struggled on Monday to find a way out of the crisis that has engulfed City Hall over the last week, with two embattled councilmembers losing their committee assignments and a potentially divisive vote looming over the council’s top leadership post. Acting L.A. City Council President Mitch O’Farrell announced early in the day that he had …

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LA's Black-Latino tensions bared in City Council scandal
2 years, 2 months ago

LA's Black-Latino tensions bared in City Council scandal

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Danny J. Bakewell, Sr., the executive publisher of the Los Angeles Sentinel, …

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Following City Council members’ racist remarks, hundreds of Oaxacans march for justice in L.A.
2 years, 2 months ago

Following City Council members’ racist remarks, hundreds of Oaxacans march for justice in L.A.

LA Times  

Hundreds from the Oaxacan community, along with prominent leaders from indigenous communities across California, finish their March for Justice for a rally at City Hall in downtown Los Angeles Saturday. “This heals my heart.” The hurtful words she was referring to came from a leaked audio recording in which some City Council members disparaged Black and Indigenous people, among others, …

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Gil Cedillo, a champion for immigrant rights, imperiled by racist leak scandal
2 years, 2 months ago

Gil Cedillo, a champion for immigrant rights, imperiled by racist leak scandal

LA Times  

Councilmember Gil Cedillo at the Los Angeles City Council meeting Tuesday, where there were calls for his resignation. “It’s enraging.” Communications consultant Helen Sanchez, who first worked with Cedillo in the late 1980s on then-presidential candidate Michael Dukakis’ campaign, said the lesson is that “we need to speak up when someone is saying terrible things, even if they are our …

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Column: From Latino lion to Chicanosaurus: The sad fall of Gil Cedillo
2 years, 2 months ago

Column: From Latino lion to Chicanosaurus: The sad fall of Gil Cedillo

LA Times  

The chairs of Councilmembers Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León’s sit empty at Wednesday’s City Council meeting. and said I’m a grandfather, and I have a 47-year-old son, and a 2½-year-old little girl,” the Los Angeles City Council member said, four minutes into the conversation. “Estás loca con esa niña,” said Nury Martinez, Cedillo’s then-council colleague — you’re crazy about …

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Column: Racist recordings marked a new low for City Hall. Can it be the start of a better L.A.?
2 years, 2 months ago

Column: Racist recordings marked a new low for City Hall. Can it be the start of a better L.A.?

LA Times  

Protesters call for the resignation of Nury Martinez, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo at Los Angeles City Hall on Wednesday. It reads: “He that violates his oath profanes the divinity of faith itself.” The last time I noted this was in February 2019, when I wrote about the snake’s nest of political corruption scandals making news at the time, …

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Once seen as a trailblazer, Kevin de León tumbles after leaked racist tape
2 years, 2 months ago

Once seen as a trailblazer, Kevin de León tumbles after leaked racist tape

LA Times  

City Councilmember Kevin de León faces calls to resign after a leaked recording revealed his participation in an offensive discussion with political allies. “Kevin is not a racist,” said Fabian Núñez, the former Assembly speaker who has been close to De León since their teenage years. “You don’t know if what he’s saying in public is how he actually feels.” …

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Column: De León and Cedillo abetted Martinez’s racist talk. Now they’re paying the political price
2 years, 2 months ago

Column: De León and Cedillo abetted Martinez’s racist talk. Now they’re paying the political price

LA Times  

The first step toward purging racism from our midst is to not talk like a racist. And it’s wrong.” He sent me a link to a survey by the Pew Research Center that reported: “About half of Hispanics say they at least sometimes hear a Hispanic friend or family member make comments or jokes that might be considered racist or …

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L.A. City Hall in limbo as pressure builds for Cedillo, De León to step down
2 years, 2 months ago

L.A. City Hall in limbo as pressure builds for Cedillo, De León to step down

LA Times  

With two of its members refusing to resign over their involvement in a leaked racist recording, the Los Angeles City Council found itself in limbo Thursday, unable to muster enough members to meet Friday and lacking clarity about what happens next. Acting City Council President Mitch O’Farrell canceled a meeting that had been scheduled for Friday after it became clear …

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Guerrero: L.A. needs a new generation of Latino leaders
2 years, 2 months ago

Guerrero: L.A. needs a new generation of Latino leaders

LA Times  

Behind closed doors, they sound like former President Trump. “For a long time, Latino and Mexican American communities have had a choice to make about where they’re going to stand in relation to white supremacy and whiteness,” said Kelly Lytle Hernández, a professor of history and African American studies at UCLA. “And in those tapes you’re hearing a certain set …

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