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 …
Portrait of L.A. Taco editor, Javier Cabral in the alleyway behind the Highland Theatres on Sept. 30, 2020. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, whose grandfather was born in Mexico, “is some kind of a Latino.” The three City Council members caught on the recordings — Martinez, Cedillo and de León — were Latinos. “It is necessary and vital that mass …
For one last time before ballots start arriving in mailboxes for the November election, mayoral candidates Karen Bass and Rick Caruso will meet on stage for a televised debate Tuesday night. For much of that, we can blame Los Angeles City Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León and L.A. County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera. It’s …
