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The sad, desperate, Hispandering end of Kevin de León's
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The sad, desperate, Hispandering end of Kevin de León's

LA Times  

He preened, he hugged, he shook hands and hobnobbed with legends and politicians. Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León was in full campaign mode two days before Tuesday’s election, when voters would decide whether he deserved a second term. But what De León’s supporters don’t get is that the Latino Power strategy that long fueled Eastside politics is over …

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Student who elicited ‘F— the police’ from L.A. council candidate works for Kevin de León
2 months ago

Student who elicited ‘F— the police’ from L.A. council candidate works for Kevin de León

LA Times  

In a room full of students at Cal State L.A. last week, a young man told Los Angeles City Council candidate Ysabel Jurado that he supports the idea of abolishing the police and wanted to know where she stood on the issue. Jurado’s reply, which included the phrase “F— the police, that’s how I see ‘em,” drew sharp criticism this …

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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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Editorial: Kevin de León’s campaign finance shell game gives career politicians a bad name
4 months, 1 week ago

Editorial: Kevin de León’s campaign finance shell game gives career politicians a bad name

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León has $3 million in a campaign account he created several years ago for a possible run for lieutenant governor. De León is prohibited from transferring money from his state committee into his city reelection campaign committee, Times reporters Dakota Smith and David Zahniser explained. So far, he’s transferred $600,000 to the Kevin de …

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How a migrant farmworker built generational wealth, penny by penny
7 months, 3 weeks ago

How a migrant farmworker built generational wealth, penny by penny

LA Times  

My grandmother told me about the missing notebook. The last entry from that year, in November, reads, “On Thursday I left for Mexico at 5 a.m.” Pedro Martínez practiced English using a notebook. There, my dad, Sergio, would buy telephone cards and call his parents, Pedro and Herminia, to check on the family or confirm they received the money he’d …

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Will Gascón advance? Will Measure HLA pass? A quick look at the top L.A. County races
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Will Gascón advance? Will Measure HLA pass? A quick look at the top L.A. County races

LA Times  

A referendum on a more rehabilitative, less punitive approach to criminal justice got its latest test Tuesday in Los Angeles County, as progressive Dist. Tuesday’s election also put nearly half the seats on the City Council and the majority of the five-member county Board of Supervisors before voters, along with the question of who will replace two venerable L.A. school …

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Your guide to the L.A. City Council District 14 race: Kevin de León vs. 7 challengers
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Your guide to the L.A. City Council District 14 race: Kevin de León vs. 7 challengers

LA Times  

Kevin de León A onetime labor organizer, De León was elected to the state Assembly in 2006 to represent an L.A.-based district. During the campaign, she has touted her success in securing $50 million in state funds for the conversion of Los Angeles County General Hospital into a “restorative care village” offering housing and social services. Santiago, 50, has been …

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Endorsement: Miguel Santiago for Los Angeles City Council District 14
10 months, 3 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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‘Completely destroyed’: Nury Martinez talks about the leaked recording and her life today
1 year, 2 months ago

‘Completely destroyed’: Nury Martinez talks about the leaked recording and her life today

LA Times  

In Nury Martinez’s first interview since a leaked audio that prompted her resignation from City Hall, the former Los Angeles City Council president said that her comments were not intended to be racist, and that the scandal has left her and her family “completely destroyed.” During the interview with LAist, Martinez said that on the day the audio became public, …

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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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Mexico ends federal ban on abortion, but patchwork of state restrictions remains
1 year, 3 months ago

Mexico ends federal ban on abortion, but patchwork of state restrictions remains

The Independent  

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Mexico decriminalizes abortion, extending Latin American trend of widening access to procedure
1 year, 3 months ago

Mexico decriminalizes abortion, extending Latin American trend of widening access to procedure

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Supreme Court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion Wednesday, ruling that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights in a sweeping decision that extended Latin American’s trend of widening abortion access. After 40 years, the Supreme Court reversed its abortion decision, and we’re not going to stop until Mexico guarantees …

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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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Editorial: Five reasons to sign the Kevin de León recall petition
2 years ago

Editorial: Five reasons to sign the Kevin de León recall petition

LA Times  

It’s been two months since Kevin de León was among the Los Angeles City Council members caught on a leaked audio recording making racist, divisive comments about colleagues and constituents while scheming to manipulate redistricting to benefit themselves and their allies. It’s hard to take De León seriously when he makes excuses for and tries to minimize his part in …

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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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Mayor’s new emergency order runs up against an unresolved problem: chaos at City Hall
2 years ago

Mayor’s new emergency order runs up against an unresolved problem: chaos at City Hall

LA Times  

Mayor Karen Bass takes questions from the media at the city’s Emergency Operations Center after declaring a state of emergency over homelessness. Ricci Sergienko, co-founder of the activist group known as the People’s City Council, pointed out that even President Biden called for De León’s resignation after the secretly recorded conversation became public. Reedy’s attorney called that account untrue, saying …

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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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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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The fall of Nury Martinez: A blunt talker undone by her words
2 years, 2 months ago

The fall of Nury Martinez: A blunt talker undone by her words

LA Times  

When Nury Martinez was growing up in Pacoima, the child of immigrants from the Mexican state of Zacatecas, she watched politicians from afar. … He’s with the Blacks.” California Photos: High emotion at first City Council meeting following leaked audio of Nury Martinez’s racists remarks The City Council struggled to begin its meeting Tuesday as Angelenos flooded the chambers and …

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Column: Nury Martinez’s rant reveals the worst enemy of Latino political power: ourselves
2 years, 2 months ago

Column: Nury Martinez’s rant reveals the worst enemy of Latino political power: ourselves

LA Times  

The more you listen to it, the worse it gets. “If you’re going to talk about Latino districts, what kind of districts are you trying to create?” City Council President Nury Martinez said to Councilmembers Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera, in audio posted on Reddit a month ago and …

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Bass and Caruso have talked big on homelessness. Now they’re offering some details
2 years, 3 months ago

Bass and Caruso have talked big on homelessness. Now they’re offering some details

LA Times  

The Los Angeles mayor’s race has been defined by candidates’ sweeping promises to get homeless people off the streets — with the most ambitious talk coming from the top two finishers in the June primary. Rep. Karen Bass, who leads developer Rick Caruso in polls, said she would place 15,000 people in tiny homes, motels, hotels, apartments and other forms …

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Race And Ideology Take Center Stage In Scramble To Succeed Kamala Harris
4 years ago

Race And Ideology Take Center Stage In Scramble To Succeed Kamala Harris

Huff Post  

Sen. Kamala Harris is shown here walking meets with California Gov. Carolyn Cole/Getty Images ‘Pick Padilla’ And The De León Delegation A second camp lobbying Newsom includes groups and activists advocating for a Latino to fill Harris’ seat. “I don’t want somebody who goes to Washington, and we never hear from them again.” De León, who is 53 and a …

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