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Kevin de León’s City Council election defeat will conclude a dark chapter in city politics tied to his involvement in the L.A. City Council racist audio leak that included racist comments and insults against Black people, Oaxacans, Jews, Armenians and others. Here’s what you need to know to start your weekend: Los Angeles City Council racist leak eventually catches up …

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Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León speaks to supporters on Tuesday as election results appear on the screen behind him. In the secretly recorded conversation that upended his political career, Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León kept returning to a familiar theme: preserving and expanding Latino political power. De León argued during the campaign that a Jurado victory …

Ysabel Jurado, lower right, running for Los Angeles City Council District 14, poses for a selfie with Councilmember Nithya Raman, former L.A. City Councilmember Mike Bonin, in cap, Los Angeles City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez, background, and others at her election night party. In the last two weeks of the campaign, the Los Angeles Police Protective League contributed $445,000 to De …

Ysabel Jurado, running for Los Angeles City Council District 14, dances with supporters at her Election Night Party at block party in Highland Park. Tenants rights attorney Ysabel Jurado opened up a significant lead over Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León on Tuesday in the race to represent an Eastside district, according to early returns. twitter facebook envelope angle-double-right …

The text message that showed up on the phones of Eastside voters last month began with a warning: Forty years of Latino political representation is under threat. Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León, center, sent a text message warning that Latino representation in his district is “threatened.” His opponent, Ysabel Jurado, called it racially divisive. At the same time, …

Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León and tenant rights attorney Ysabel Jurado take part in an Oct. 9 debate in Boyle Heights. Long before she uttered the words “F— the police,” Los Angeles City Council candidate Ysabel Jurado made clear she was not happy with the city’s approach to public safety. The Los Angeles Police Protective League, which represents …

L.A. 14th Council District candidates Ysabel Jurado, left, and Kevin de León have been battling over the issue of police spending. The candidate running to unseat Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León faced sharp criticism Monday for saying “F— the police” at a recent meet-and-greet with college students. “Every day, the men and women of the LAPD put their …

Ysabel Jurado made a huge splash on Los Angeles’ Eastside last spring, coming in first in the five-way primary election for a City Council seat representing neighborhoods stretching from downtown to Eagle Rock. Since 2020, the year De León took office, the city has opened “tiny-home villages” for unhoused residents in Eagle Rock, Highland Park and Boyle Heights. So has …

Endorsement: Ysabel Jurado for Los Angeles City Council District 14

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, left, speaks with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass during a meeting at the Paris City Hall on March 7, 2024. A recent poll showed that 44% of residents consider hosting the Olympics a “bad thing.” Against this backdrop, Mayor Karen Bass and several City Council members visited Paris this week for a firsthand look at the …

Ysabel Jurado, a candidate for City Council, talks with volunteers before heading out to contact voters in January. Los Angeles City Council candidate Ysabel Jurado didn’t have any big-money backers spending lavishly on her behalf. “Everything involved in building this campaign has been an uphill battle.” By Thursday, Jurado had 24.5% of the vote, compared with 23.4% for De León …

Nearly 15 months ago, the Los Angeles City Council chamber was a turbulent place to conduct business, a byproduct of a scandal centering heavily on Councilmember Kevin de León. “We want Ysabel to be elected because she’s the best candidate for the district.” Councilmember Kevin de León greets people at a food distribution event outside his Eagle Rock office in …

This is the first in a four-part series on how Latino political power has changed Los Angeles. California Politics on the Eastside: Clout, but No Machine Latino activists in Los Angeles often refer to a “political machine” that operates on the city’s Eastside. New faces broke through the Eastside’s political thickets: Rocky Delgadillo became city attorney in 2001, while Huizar …

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 …