Articles for Los Angeles City Council

Kevin de León’s likely election defeat closes dark chapter in city politics
1 month, 1 week 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 …

City Latino Council California Los Angeles Los Angeles City Council
2024 Los Angeles County elections results
54 years, 11 months ago

2024 Los Angeles County elections results

LA Times  

twitter facebook envelope angle-double-right angle-down angle-up long-arrow-right We are tracking 314 races across Los Angeles County in the 2024 general election. twitter facebook envelope angle-double-right angle-down angle-up long-arrow-right Show all school boards Los Angeles Unified School District ABC Unified School District Antelope Valley Community College District Antelope Valley Joint Union High School District Arcadia Unified School District Baldwin Park Unified …

Public Safety Board Election City Council Los Angeles
Election results for all races in the city of Los Angeles
54 years, 11 months ago

Election results for all races in the city of Los Angeles

LA Times  

twitter facebook envelope angle-double-right angle-down angle-up long-arrow-right We’re tracking the elections at all levels of government that impact the roughly 4 million people who live in the megacity of Los Angeles. twitter facebook envelope angle-double-right angle-down angle-up long-arrow-right Los Angeles City Council, District 2 Los Angeles City Council, District 10 Los Angeles City Council, District 14 Los Angeles City Measure …

Board Assembly School City Senate Los Angeles
Ysabel Jurado leads Councilmember Kevin de León; Hutt and Nazarian also ahead
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ysabel Jurado leads Councilmember Kevin de León; Hutt and Nazarian also ahead

LA Times  

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 …

City Los Angeles Los Angeles Amendment Early Measure
In two L.A. City Council races, police ‘abolition’ is a wedge issue
1 month, 3 weeks ago

In two L.A. City Council races, police ‘abolition’ is a wedge issue

LA Times  

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 …

Public Safety City Council Angeles Candidate Officers Hernandez
Marqueece Harris-Dawson takes over as L.A. City Council president
3 months ago

Marqueece Harris-Dawson takes over as L.A. City Council president

LA Times  

After being sworn in as the new Los Angeles City Council president, Marqueece Harris-Dawson addresses constituents at City Hall on Friday. During his years as a community organizer in South L.A., Los Angeles City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson saw the devastation wrought by the crack cocaine epidemic and the economic fallout that followed the 1992 L.A. riots. Los Angeles City Council …

City Council Los Angeles Los Angeles President Bass
The Eastside, cradle of Latino politics, is squabbling once again
9 months, 3 weeks ago

The Eastside, cradle of Latino politics, is squabbling once again

LA Times  

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 …

Politics Political Latino California Los Angeles Los Angeles
Locked gates in historic L.A. neighborhood spark debate in City Council election
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Locked gates in historic L.A. neighborhood spark debate in City Council election

LA Times  

A pedestrian walks along Gramercy Place inside the locked gates on Pico Boulevard in L.A.’s Country Club Park neighborhood. Resident Douglas Alston, 84, left, joined by other members of the neighborhood who don’t want the “Pico Gates” opened up, voices his concerns to Aura Vasquez, a candidate for Los Angeles City Council District 10. “This neighborhood really doesn’t want to …

City Country Club Angeles Residents Park Los Angeles Times
With rents set to rise early next year, L.A. City Council faces next test on tenant protections
1 year, 1 month ago

With rents set to rise early next year, L.A. City Council faces next test on tenant protections

LA Times  

Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez, center, introduced a proposal to try to stave off the end of the city’s rent freeze for RSO units. That proposal was the subject of heated debate Wednesday in the city’s housing and homelessness committee, which is chaired by Councilmember Nithya Raman, another progressive who led the city’s earlier tenant protection efforts. “Any city where we’ve frozen …

Housing Tenant Proposal City Council Los Rents
Column: The People’s Daughter? May Imelda Padilla live up to a ranchera classic
1 year, 5 months ago

Column: The People’s Daughter? May Imelda Padilla live up to a ranchera classic

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Council District 6 candidate Imelda Padilla speaks to supporters at her election night party at Chiguacle Sabor Ancestral in Sun Valley. “El Hijo del Pueblo” — “The People’s Son” — by Vicente Fernández played over the speakers at Chiguacle Sabor Ancestral in Sun Valley as I enjoyed a carne asada dinner about an hour before Imelda Padilla’s …

Election City Los Angeles Los Angeles Alcaraz Martinez
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 …

City Council Los Angeles Room Members Tape
Los Angeles City Council votes to ban oil and gas drilling
2 years ago

Los Angeles City Council votes to ban oil and gas drilling

Associated Press  

__ The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously on Friday to ban drilling of new oil and gas wells and phase out existing ones over the next 20 years. “Hundreds of thousands of Angelenos have had to raise their kids, go to work, prepare their meals go to neighborhood parks in the shadows of oil and gas production,” said Los …

Oil California Los Angeles Los Angeles Ban City Council
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 …

English Black Cuba Democratic City Communist Party California
Photos: High emotion at first City Council meeting following leaked audio of Nury Martinez’s racists remarks
2 years, 2 months ago

Photos: High emotion at first City Council meeting following leaked audio of Nury Martinez’s racists remarks

LA Times  

Emotions ran high at the first Los Angeles City Council meeting following the leaked audio in which former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez is heard making racists remarks about a fellow council member’s son. Councilmember Mike Bonin gets emotional as he addresses the general public at Tuesday’s L.A. City Council meeting. Protesters block Main Street while the Los …

City Council Los Angeles Meeting Martinez Los Angeles City Council
In West L.A., two lawyers clash over an open City Council seat, encampments and policing
2 years, 3 months ago

In West L.A., two lawyers clash over an open City Council seat, encampments and policing

LA Times  

Earlier this year, a homeless encampment along a Venice Boulevard median mushroomed to 60 tents — bringing thefts, fires, fistfights, drug use and a pronounced division in the heart of Venice. “Instead of focusing our energy on housing people and providing care, we’re just pushing people one or two blocks over.” Erin Darling, left, a candidate for Los Angeles City …

Housing City Venice Los Angeles Los Angeles Democrat
Los Angeles City Council approves phaseout of oil drilling
2 years, 10 months ago

Los Angeles City Council approves phaseout of oil drilling

Associated Press  

The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a measure to ban new oil and gas wells and phase out existing ones. The council directed the city attorney to draft an ordinance to prohibit oil and gas drilling in Los Angeles, change zoning laws to make drilling illegal and study how to legally phase out existing wells. Martinez, who grew …

Oil Gas City Council Los Angeles Los Angeles
Vaccination foes target homes of L.A. City Council members
3 years, 3 months ago

Vaccination foes target homes of L.A. City Council members

LA Times  

The home of Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez, above, was targeted Sunday by a group opposed to vaccine mandates. Hours after a rally in Santa Monica against COVID-19 vaccination mandates on Sunday, protesters opposed to required inoculations showed up at the homes of two Los Angeles City Council members. Protesters banged on the door of City Council President …

City Council Los Angeles Martinez City Council Los Angeles City Council