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Editorial: This election showed L.A. voters are fed up with City Hall corruption and scandal
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Editorial: This election showed L.A. voters are fed up with City Hall corruption and scandal

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León speaks to supporters as election results are seen on a screen behind him last week. Two years after the leaked audio scandal rocked Los Angeles City Hall, voters finally had their say in this election. Voters overwhelmingly backed charter changes designed to curb elected officials’ political power by creating an independent redistricting commission …

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L.A. City Council districts could be radically reshaped by state attorney general’s probe
2 months, 2 weeks ago

L.A. City Council districts could be radically reshaped by state attorney general’s probe

LA Times  

Rob Bonta, shown earlier this year, has been pushing Los Angeles to conduct a new redistricting process. Such a move probably would undermine Latino voting strength in those two districts, said Waldman, who has closely tracked city and state redistricting since 2001. Jurado, in a news release last week, seized on the news of Bonta’s investigation, saying that De León …

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Endorsement: Ysabel Jurado for Los Angeles City Council District 14
3 months, 1 week 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 …

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De León, Raman pull ahead; other L.A. City Council incumbents take big leads
9 months, 2 weeks ago

De León, Raman pull ahead; other L.A. City Council incumbents take big leads

LA Times  

Two years ago, voters made clear they were exasperated with Los Angeles City Hall, unseating two incumbent council members and rejecting attempts by several others to win higher office. “This is just the beginning.” Fernando Guerra, director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University, said he was surprised to see as many as three …

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How hard should L.A. go after copper wire thieves? Council members hold a lively debate
10 months, 1 week ago

How hard should L.A. go after copper wire thieves? Council members hold a lively debate

LA Times  

A member of a historic church in South Los Angeles pointed out to Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson on Sunday that a landmark item was missing from the building: a bronze plaque. “I do think we have a mutation of petty theft that we need to look at in a serious and deep way,” said Harris-Dawson, whose district has The anecdote was …

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Endorsement: Miguel Santiago for Los Angeles City Council District 14
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Endorsement: Miguel Santiago for Los Angeles City Council District 14

LA Times  

Councilmember Kevin de León should have stepped down after the leak of audio from a now-infamous racist conversation he joined in. He betrayed the public’s trust, lost the respect of his peers and helped turn the Los Angeles City Council into a national embarrassment. These communities desperately need stable representation and someone who can handle the big-picture issues, like housing …

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Kevin de León says he deserves another chance. Critics say he’s ‘gaslighting’ L.A.
1 year, 2 months ago

Kevin de León says he deserves another chance. Critics say he’s ‘gaslighting’ L.A.

LA Times  

The crowd applauded the moment Kevin de León walked up. “We decided that we were going to show him what 25 Black people yelling sounded like,” said Abdullah, who estimated that on one night, the crowd near De León’s home reached 700. “This community deserves that.” :: Councilmember Kevin de León, standing in the council chamber last month, said he …

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Los Angeles Council Member Embroiled In Racist Audio Scandal To Run Again
1 year, 3 months ago

Los Angeles Council Member Embroiled In Racist Audio Scandal To Run Again

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Kevin de León, one of the Los Angeles City Council members caught up in an audio-recorded racist conversation with other public officials last year, revealed Wednesday that he’s running for reelection. And that’s why I’m running.” De León was one of four city officials secretly recorded in the notorious conversation released by The Los Angeles Times last …

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When it comes to L.A.’s police chief, some council members are keeping quiet
1 year, 10 months ago

When it comes to L.A.’s police chief, some council members are keeping quiet

LA Times  

Good morning and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. Last week, the deadline for the council to intervene on Moore’s fate came and went without a peep from the LAPD’s outspoken City Hall critics. Hernandez, Soto-Martinez, Price and four of their colleagues — all occupying the council’s left flank — repeatedly declined to tell The …

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De León and other council members tussle on redistricting
1 year, 10 months ago

De León and other council members tussle on redistricting

LA Times  

Then-mayoral candidate Kevin De León, with state Sen. María Elena Durazo, talks with campaign volunteers at his campaign headquarters in Los Angeles in 2022. The sparring came as the council considered opposing a proposed state law introduced by state Sen. María Elena Durazo and a coalition of L.A.-area lawmakers that could force the city to establish an independent redistricting commission. …

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Column: 2022 was the year Latino politicians became the ultimate villains
1 year, 11 months 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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Column: Even if Kevin de León won’t resign, activists have a plan. ‘We’re never letting this go.’
2 years ago

Column: Even if Kevin de León won’t resign, activists have a plan. ‘We’re never letting this go.’

LA Times  

Embattled Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León sits alone at a meeting at City Hall on Tuesday after his colleagues walked out in protest of his attendance. On a recent afternoon, a small group of activists showed up outside Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León’s field office in El Sereno. California Bass’ emergency homelessness declaration approved during tumultuous …

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L.A. on the Record: KDL, absurdist theater and a trick play
2 years ago

L.A. on the Record: KDL, absurdist theater and a trick play

LA Times  

Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record. Hugo Soto-Martínez, one of two new council members who’d vowed to leave chambers if De León was present, said he did not initially realize that De León was in another room casting votes. Along with Bass’ emergency order on homelessness, the council also approved a one-month extension of the city’s COVID-19 …

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Bass’ emergency homelessness declaration approved during tumultuous City Council meeting
2 years ago

Bass’ emergency homelessness declaration approved during tumultuous City Council meeting

LA Times  

Embattled City Councilman Kevin de León sits alone at the horseshoe in Los Angeles City Council chambers on Tuesday. The Los Angeles City Council approved Mayor Karen Bass’ declaration of a homelessness emergency at a fraught four-hour meeting Tuesday, giving the new mayor a potentially critical tool for addressing the city’s humanitarian crisis. Protester Greg Akili demands that council members …

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Embattled L.A. Councilman Kevin de León and protesters remain equally defiant after fracas
2 years ago

Embattled L.A. Councilman Kevin de León and protesters remain equally defiant after fracas

LA Times  

The City Council went into recess after member Kevin de León showed up at a meeting Friday morning. The weekend’s events followed an uproar at Friday’s City Council meeting, where protesters, including Reedy, cursed at De León and engaged in a shouting match with the council member’s supporters. “I’m not going to let a group of extremely hostile individuals from …

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A low for L.A. politics: Council member and activist fight as children watch in horror
2 years ago

A low for L.A. politics: Council member and activist fight as children watch in horror

LA Times  

Kevin de León returns to City Council chambers at City Hall on Friday after a two-month absence. Ochoa said he was DJing when a group of about five people walked in and started shouting “You’re a racist” at De León. “As it is, we live in a low-income community, and these guys are coming here who don’t even live there, …

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'Absolute mayhem': Chaos erupts as embattled Los Angeles City Councilman returns to chambers
2 years ago

'Absolute mayhem': Chaos erupts as embattled Los Angeles City Councilman returns to chambers

Raw Story  

Los Angeles City Council member Kevin de León returned to the City Council chambers on Friday for the first time after a recording of a racist conversation among L.A. City Council members was released to the public, the Los Angeles Times reports. City Councilmember Paul Krekorian then called for a 10-minute recess, which ended up lasting for 45 minutes. IN …

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Kevin de León shows up at a City Council meeting, sparking an uproar
2 years ago

Kevin de León shows up at a City Council meeting, sparking an uproar

LA Times  

The Los Angeles City Council went into recess after embattled Councilmember Kevin de León showed up at Friday’s meeting. After a nearly two-month absence, Councilmember Kevin de León showed up for a Los Angeles City Council meeting on Friday, triggering an uproar in the audience involving both his critics and supporters. “Unfortunately, neither of those things happened.” Hours later, De …

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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 …

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City Council censures De León, Cedillo, Martinez after police clear out demonstrators
2 years, 1 month 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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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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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 …

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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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Los Angeles Council president resigns after racist remarks
2 years, 2 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 …

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