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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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Kevin de León’s likely election defeat closes dark chapter in city politics
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Kevin de León’s likely election defeat closes dark chapter in city politics

LA Times  

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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L.A.’s audio leak scandal is taking down another Latino political leader
1 month, 2 weeks ago

L.A.’s audio leak scandal is taking down another Latino political leader

LA Times  

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 …

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Kevin de León and Ysabel Jurado trade insults in fight for Eastside city council seat
3 months, 1 week ago

Kevin de León and Ysabel Jurado trade insults in fight for Eastside city council seat

LA Times  

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 …

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L.A. Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson wins the council presidency, will replace Krekorian
6 months, 3 weeks ago

L.A. Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson wins the council presidency, will replace Krekorian

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson, pictured in January, was elected Tuesday to serve as the council’s next president, replacing Paul Krekorian. Los Angeles City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson won his bid for the council’s top leadership post on Tuesday, saying he intends to use the presidency to focus heavily on homelessness. Harris-Dawson had sought De León’s resignation nearly two years …

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Tenant rights lawyer Ysabel Jurado will face Councilmember Kevin de León in runoff
9 months, 1 week ago

Tenant rights lawyer Ysabel Jurado will face Councilmember Kevin de León in runoff

LA Times  

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 …

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D.A. sends audio leak eavesdropping probe back to LAPD for additional investigation
1 year, 2 months ago

D.A. sends audio leak eavesdropping probe back to LAPD for additional investigation

LA Times  

The L.A. District Attorney’s Office asked the LAPD to continue investigating the surreptitious recording of L.A. politicians in 2021 at the headquarters of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, above. The Los Angeles Police Department’s investigation into last year’s incendiary audio leak focuses on two former Los Angeles County Federation of Labor employees who now face potential felony eavesdropping …

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Column: Nury, Kevin and Gil turn to the most weak salsa excuse of all for their racist remarks
1 year, 2 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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‘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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‘Ain’t a damn thing changed.’ Black L.A. skeptical a year after racist audio leak that roiled City Hall
1 year, 2 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, 2 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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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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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 …

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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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Labor organizer Hugo Soto-Martinez takes the lead over L.A. Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell
2 years, 1 month ago

Labor organizer Hugo Soto-Martinez takes the lead over L.A. Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell

LA Times  

“We’re going to win this thing,” predicted Hugo Soto-Martinez, who chatted with advocates in Atwater Village after viewing the initial results. Labor organizer Hugo Soto-Martinez led Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell Wednesday morning in the race to represent Hollywood and other neighborhoods, in one of several contests that could determine whether a new crop of candidates will push City …

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

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Nury Martinez and the limits of Latinx political representation
2 years, 2 months ago

Nury Martinez and the limits of Latinx political representation

LA Times  

Nury Martinez resigned from the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday, days after The Times published a story in which Martinez and three other prominent Latinx political figures were caught in a leaked audio recording making racist, homophobic and other derogatory comments. As Times columnist Erika D. Smith aptly put it, these comments “bluntly confirm the worst fears of many …

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

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

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