This has been one of the most difficult times of my life and I recognize this is entirely of my own making, she said in a statement, adding that she needed to take some time to have an honest and heartfelt conversation with my family, my constituents, and community leaders. News of the recording was first reported on Sunday by The Los Angeles Times; by Monday night, Mr. Herrera had resigned from the labor federation and Ms. Martinez had relinquished her leadership post on the City Council, although she resisted calls for her to leave the Council entirely. Just 178 votes separate the two. Among the major issues in the mayoral race, Caruso has called for adding 1,500 sworn officers to LAPD. I ask for forgiveness from my colleagues and from the residents of this city that I love so much. City Council member for the First District; due to leave office when his term ends in December after a primary defeat in June. Martinez also insulted fellow councilmember Mike Bonin's black adopted child. She now resides in the other Valley, and is enjoying exploring her new San Fernando environs. City Council member for the Fourteenth District; his term ends in 2024. 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[50] Video of the incident was captured and subsequently released, showing that the physical altercation started when a community activist blocked de Len while the latter attempted to exit the building, and ending with de Leon's hands near the activist's neck. But none of those circumstances seemed likely to apply in this situation. Outside the doors of the Los Angeles City Council chambers, where a meeting is set to start in less than an hour, activists chanted fuera, or out! Nury Martinez? one asked. While I did not engage in the conversation in question, I was present at times during this meeting last year. At the time, Latinos held four of the 15 seats on the council but made up half the population of Los Angeles. All those developments served as the backdrop for a crisis triggered by The Times reporting on racist comments heard in a recorded conversation among Cedillo, De Len, Martinez and Ron Herrera, president of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor. The winner will serve out the remainder of Martinez's term, which expires in 2024.[46]. They revealed a plot to "buy" the support of several progressive non-profits and Democratic clubs, including the LA County Young Democrats and Stonewall Democratic Club (which Cho refers to as "the LGBT one"), in an effort to help O'Farrell defeat his challenger Hugo Soto-Martinez in the November 2022 runoff election. Martinez resigned as president of the city council and announced that she would take a leave of absence; however, she had not resigned from her city council seat at that time, an action she would take on October 12. With 100% of precincts reporting, Sigcho Lopez was leading Flores, with 53% of the vote. And the Asian American community has become a rising political force in the city, with nearly 12 percent of the population. Here are some of the prominent figures who have called for resignations. She also called Oaxacan immigrants living in Koreatown little short dark people., At another point in the private conversation, Ms. Martinez used an expletive in reference to the Los Angeles County district attorney, George Gascn, saying that hes with the Blacks.. Councilmember-elect Eunisses Hernandez, who defeated Gil Cedillo in June, stands behind Bonin. Councilman Kevin de Len, left, and the Councils president, Nury Martinez, conferred at a City Council meeting this month. "[7] The audio recording is believed to be from one year prior, roughly mid-October 2021,[8][6] and was leaked anonymously onto Reddit on September 19, 2022.[9][10]. And he stopped short of committing to keeping Krekorian beyond January, after those new members have been sworn in. Though some politicians and advocates have called for the three members Nury Martinez, Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Len to resign, none of the three had stepped down as of Tuesday afternoon. Although the raw language on the audio riveted the city, political observers said the recording was less a reflection of Los Angeles residents who in polls largely express pride in the citys diversity than of the political climate in City Hall. In the past, Los Angeles elected its mayors in odd-numbered years, which deeply depressed voter turnout, particularly among Latinos. LOS ANGELES The head of the Los Angeles City Council stripped two members of much of their power Monday to pressure them to resign for participating in a private meeting in which they did not object to a colleague's crude and racist remarks and at times joined in the offensive banter. As a mother, I know better and I am sorry. The situation has been delicate for both candidates because the altered electoral landscape in this years mayors race makes it politically perilous to alienate Latino voters, who make up roughly half the citys population. I think given the moment that were in, I believe those are skill sets that are highly valued.. Jessica Pons for The New York Times, Sarah Morris/Getty Images, Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images. But my son? The final results of the June 7 election released Friday by the county Registrar-Recorder/County Clerks Office also confirmed the November runoff battle between Rep. Karen Bass and businessman Rick Caruso in the race for Los Angeles mayor. For that I am sorry. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. And probably in a district where more than half of them don't know who you are. Ive worked hard to lead this city through its most difficult time. He assumed office in 2013. On social media last week, she wrote, Now the hard work begins. An angry crowd seething with demands for justice and the resignation of three City Council members involved in a recorded conversation laced with racist remarks fell to a hush at Los Angeles City Hall on Tuesday when Mike Bonin began to speak. Man, that makes my soul bleed.. He also compared calls for him to resign to "cancel culture" and "McCarthyism. Hernandez previously proclaimed victory in the race. I knew that I did not want this story about virulent anti-Black racism to be centered on an angry white dad, he said. Despite testing positive for the coronavirus, Krekorian said he is still planning to attend Tuesdays meeting, since it will held via Zoom. By losing committee assignments, their influence in City Hall has dwindled and they have largely become token figures, unable to participate in the day-to-day work of the council and unwanted in council chambers where their appearance is likely to cause an uproar. [27] Soto-Martnez went on to defeat O'Farrell in the runoff election. They . He's with the Blacks", referring to District Attorney George Gascn. He believes they all should resign, she said. Cedillos office did not respond to a question about his absences this afternoon. Soto-Martnez called for O'Farrell to step down as acting council president while elections for the position were proceeding. The audio has set off an unprecedented disaster in civic leadership, as City Hall already has been rocked by a collection of corruption scandals. Heather Hutt, a former California state director for then-Senator Kamala Harris, was suggested. She is not going to help us. [32], The California/Hawaii and Los Angeles NAACP,[33][34] the Armenian National Committee of America[35] and the SAG-AFTRA union called for the resignation of all four individuals involved. [22][23], As a result of the fallout from the controversy, separate audio recordings of a conversation between Herrera and Hannah Cho, a former Mitch O'Farrell (and later LA County Federation of Labor) staffer, were leaked on October 15. The Los Angeles Times initially reported a couple of leaked audio recording from an October 2021 assembly, in which Martinez, council members Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Len and L.A. County Labor Federation President Ron Herrera made a number of controversial and racist remarks. Cedillo ran for re-election to the Los Angeles City Council to represent District 1 in California. O'Farrell said the only path forward is through their resignation or a recall election in the case of de Leon, whose term ends in 2024. The City Council must take away her as Council President immediately, and she or he needs to resign from office. It hurts me that one of our sons earliest encounters with overt racism comes from a number of the strongest public officials in Los Angeles, Bonin said in a statement. As of Tuesday morning, however, Gov. Byron Sigcho Lopez' bid for a second term faced a stiff challenge from Aida Flores, a Chicago Public Schools principal. Los Angeles City Council members Gil Cedillo, and Kevin De Leon attended Tuesday's council meeting briefly on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at Los Angeles City Hall, Council Chambers. Im here in downtown Los Angeles, where Representative Karen Bass, the front-runner in the citys mayoral race, is set to deliver brief remarks. This hateful and racist conversation set us back, he said. The language that was used and tolerated in that conversation was unacceptable, and it was appalling.. Many speakers at this long, contentious City Council meeting have called for a deeper look into the policies shaped by the three members who participated in the racist conversation. The male-dominated L.A. City Council will see an increase in female members when they are joined by Hernandez, who declared victory last weekend. Latino residents said they were betrayed by their own leaders. We've seen over-investment and development in luxury housing, but the average median income in this district is $32,000 a year. We're building for higher income and that's displacing people," said Hernandez. OFarrell has said in recent days that he is determined to begin the work of restoring stability to City Hall, allowing residents to vent their anger but also ensuring the council holds meetings and fulfills its public duties. Price, who is Black, represents the council district with the largest population of Latinos in the city and has shown he can build coalitions, Rodriguez said. Check for a confirmation email, and then you're all set with MyNewsLA.com! ", But Cedillo attempted to defend the discussion about redistricting, citing frustrations over Latinos not receiving a fair share of representation on the City Council relative to population. Mr. Guerra noted that, as in most of California, getting along remains a work in progress and that unlike the county and state, the city of Los Angeles still allows elected officials, rather than an independent commission, to have the final say in their own district maps. They were stripped of their committee assignments and chairmanships and were formally censured along with Martinez by the City Council in a unanimous 120 vote on October 26, 2022[3][4], In a closed door meeting at the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor offices that lasted approximately one hour,[5][6] Martinez, Cedillo, de Len, and Herrera discussed specific councilmembers, redistricting, and how to "consolidate and preserve political power. Eli Lilly To Cut Insulin Prices, Cap Costs At $35 For Financial Institution Of England Raises Interest Rates, FtxsNishad SinghPleads Guilty To Fraud, Conspiracy Charges. Now its Game of Thrones.. In addition to electing a new president Tuesday to replace Martinez, the council is scheduled to discuss a charter reform proposal that would add more seats to the City Council to increase representation and decentralize power. Ms. Martinez said Monday she would no longer serve as council president and then took a leave of absence Tuesday before a regularly scheduled council meeting. Your email address will not be published. In the profanity-laced recording, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times and which was first reported by The Los Angeles Times on Sunday, the City Council president, Nury Martinez, who is Latina, compared the Black child of a white council member to a changuito, Spanish for little monkey. The presidency vote comes at an awkward time. For the last nine years, we've lost 10% of the Latino community in Highland Park and this district is one of the only two districts that's lost double digits in community from displacement in the last census numbers.". I've reached out to that colleague personally. The near-final numbers today from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Register tentatively show that community activist Hernandez has strongly beaten Cedillo, 54.04% to 45.96%. Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images. Prominent leaders call for the people involved to resign their posts. He is someone that has helped to bridge a divide in his own district, she said. That asset, she noted, is in the district of a white council member, Mike Bonin, whom she referred to with a vulgarity. "You're going to get the district that you're going to get. Additionally, both candidates for Los Angeles mayor in the runoff election U.S. Representative Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) and developer Rick Caruso as well as the Los Angeles County Democratic Party called for the councilmembers' resignations. Cedillo ended by claiming that there is a "modern version of McCarthyism" which is a danger to democracy, "not a defense.". The outrage in Los Angeles has extended to its tight mayoral race. Labor organizations also have gained influence as their ranks have swelled with Latino workers following Californias battle over immigrant rights in the 1990s. From left, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Jos Huizar, Mitchell Englander. LOS ANGELES The head of the Los Angeles City Council stripped two members of much of their power Monday to pressure them to resign for participating in a private meeting in which they did not. Acting Los Angeles City Council President Mitch O'Farrell discusses the ongoing scandal a week after a leaked recording of racist remarks by council members came to light during a news conference at City Hall in Los Angeles on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. Separately, another chief of staff to Mr. Garcetti, Ana Guerrero, went on leave in June 2021 after disparaging comments she made about other elected officials, government employees and labor leaders in a private Facebook group surfaced. Councilman Mike Bonin, whose son was the target of racist comments, asks for his colleagues who participated in the conversation to resign, to cheers from the crowd at the council meeting. I take a lot of hits, he says, adding, But my son?. BBC News LA council president resigns her seat over racist remarks leakhttps://t.co/j0Fz83hbNV. 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The Los Angeles City Council has adjourned after a raucous and emotional meeting during which dozens of speakers, including the bodys acting leader, called for the resignations of three council members who participated in a conversation that included racist remarks. Going forward, reconciliation will be my priority. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Suspected shooter in attacks on Jewish men was on FBIs radar, LAPD chief says. In a news conference Monday morning, O'Farrell said there is no news on whether either of the councilmen will resign their seats over their participation in a racially charged, recorded conversation from October 2021 that has already led to the resignation of Nury Martinez from her . During the conversation, Ms. Martinez also weighed in on a dispute between two Black council members over whose district would include Exposition Park and the University of Southern California. On October 9, 2022, an audio recording surfaced of a private meeting involving Los Angeles City Council members and a union leader that involved racist and disparaging comments and led to a local political scandal. After weeks of silence, Los Angeles City Councilman Gil Cedillo has conceded defeat in his bid for re-election, with final election tallies confirming an upset victory for community activist. (Photo by Hans. It was an awkward call for both candidates: Mr. Cedillo endorsed Mr. Caruso for mayor and Ms. Martinez endorsed Ms. Bass. "I don't need those areas," Cedillo said. Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez at podium, and Mayor Eric Garcetti, standing to her right, are seen during a information convention at Los Angeles City Hall in Los Angeles on April 1, 2022. But my son? Court filings last month showed that prosecutors were looking into the full scholarship Ms. Bass received to pursue a masters degree in social work. Kevin de Lon just postponed 'Wakanda Forever' screening after uproar. But they almost certainly could not remove them from office. City Councilmember Gil Cedillo, 68, stepped in to guide the discussion among himself, Councilmembers Nury Martinez and Kevin De Len, and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor leader Ron. She previously worked at Eastern Group Publications, covering the cities of Montebello, Monterey Park, City of Commerce, and Vernon. Instead, he noted that "recording someone without their consent is illegal" and that the Los Angeles Police Department's investigation into the leak will "conclude who the criminals are here.". Speaking to reporters gathered for Karen Bass's news conference, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa assailed the racist rhetoric of City Council members captured on the recording. Los Angeles confronts its racial divide anew after the leak of racist comments. De Len and Cedillo who, like their colleagues, earn more than $229,000 annually have avoided council and committee meetings in recent days. I am prepared to do that job if the members want me to serve in that position, he said. a recorded conversation laced with racist remarks. [29], Los Angeles Council District 11 candidate Traci Park rejected the endorsements of Martinez and Cedillo, which had been given before the release of the recording. Nearly drowned out by a circling LAPD helicopter last week in Chinatown, 32-year-old Hernandez told Eyewitness News how she would re-assess the department's budget if the election results hold in council District 1 and Hernandez replaces longtime L.A. politician Cedillo, who has served on the city council for nine years. The L.A. City Council racist tape scandal captures him as a sad Chicanosaurus. . Cedillo, 68, had served on the council since 2013. Late Monday afternoon, the outgoing mayor, Eric Garcetti, who has been in a prolonged state of limbo as he awaits confirmation as the United States ambassador to India, said that all three council members should resign. De Leon has apologized for seeming to make or condone "insensitive comments." And then beyond that, I think we have to sort of take it as it comes., Asked about the presidency, Price issued a statement saying he will do what he can to help unite, heal and bring positive change that lifts people up and leaves no one behind.. Photo: Getty Images. It was also unclear who had made the recording, which was initially uploaded to Reddit earlier this month by an unidentified, now-suspended user and continued to circulate via email after the post was taken down. She also used a profanity while discussing Dist. Martinez and Herrera both quickly resigned after the leak. Cedillo, a longtime political figure with strong ties to organized labor who served in . Ms. Martinez stepped down as council president on Monday and said on Tuesday that she would take a leave of absence. A member of the Democratic Party, Cedillo was previously a member of both the California State Assembly and the California State Senate . "I publicly apologized for not cutting off my colleagues when their comments crossed a line," Cedillo said. Bonin additionally called for the resignation of Herrera and known as out Cedillo for the tacit acceptance of the remarks. Mike Bonin, a member of the Los Angeles City Council, shed tears on Tuesday as he spoke about the racist comments directed toward his son. Mr. de Len, who has apologized for the audio recording but has not yet offered to resign his council seat, is a savvy former state legislator who ran unsuccessfully for mayor himself, finishing a distant third in the June primary. Shortly after leaving office, he released a three-page letter entitled "Why I Did Not Resign" in which he acknowledges that the conversation in the leaked recording crossed a line at several points but claims that the councilmembers were only trying to ensure that Latinos were adequately represented in redistricting. Cedillo said he has had "African American friends and mentors my entire life, from sports and school to politics," citing a previous job under Mayor Tom Bradley and roles as a delegate both for Jesse Jackson when he ran for president in 1988 and for Barack Obama in 2008. A metropolis council assembly the earlier day the first since news of the recording broke was interrupters by demonstrators filling the chambers, demanding the councilmembers resignation. A sign near a group of tents featured the message Just 25 Black people yelling, a reference to comments De Len made in the leaked conversation. In a moment of intense frustration and anger, I let the situation get the best of me and I hold myself accountable for these comments. I am so sorry to the residents of Council District 6, my colleagues, and the City of Los Angeles. Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson, who represents part of South Los Angeles, said he is 100% behind Krekorian, describing him as someone who has deftly worked with colleagues who have differences of opinion. "[25][26], In response, Alex Mohajer, president of the Stonewall Democrats, proclaimed that the club is "not for sale" and accused Cho of working to decide the endorsements of the organization by being placed in their endorsement panels. Sarah Reingewirtz/The Orange County Register, via Associated Press. "I told her that's not happening," Martinez said. The two changes are expected to sharply increase voter participation in the mayoral race, and both candidates have been aggressively courting Latino voters. All rights reserved. If the council does appoint somebody, that particular person might only serve until mid-December, at which level it must call a special election. Gilbert Cedillo (also known as Gil) was a member of the Los Angeles City Council in California, representing District 1. Both men appeared at the Oct. 11 meeting but walked out after being jeered by raucous protesters who demanded they leave. Martinez wasn't able to recall the last name and Cedillo replied "It ends in i-a-n, I bet you."[16]. I was like, this kid needs a beatdown. Outside, before the session, protesters chanted fuera, or out in Spanish, demanding that the three council members resign. "When you're saying defund the police and people are getting upset, that is an opportunity to have a conversation, to let them know yes, we've given them a ton of money and still we have harm and violence. The leak of the audio had thrown LA metropolis politics in turmoil on Sunday, providing a uncommon look inside the political course of in Americas second largest city ahead of Novembers mayoral election. Acting Council President Mitch O'Farrell removed Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Leon from committee chairmanships and assignments and named them instead to a board that rarely meets as he turned up the heat on the veteran Democratic politicians. Im so sorry. Kevin de Lon, fuera! The doors opened, and the crowd entered the room. He did not elaborate on what that might mean. Martinez dominated the conversation, using profanity and racist slurs as she aired personal grievances. The progressive community activist has her sights set on reshaping several key city institutions. "I've never worked in a political office, for a political person. He lost in the primary on June 7, 2022. After the release of the audio, Herrera faced calls to step down from across the labor movement, including the leaders of eight SEIU California unions with Los Angeles-area members, United Teachers Los Angeles, Unite Here Local 11 and the California Nurses Association. He was sentenced in January 2021 to 14 months in prison. The City Council members Kevin de Len, Nury Martinez and Gil Cedillo have apologized for the crude remarks heard on an audio recording leaked over . Clearly, I should have intervened. Only 85 additional votes in Cedillos 1st District were counted in the latest election results, and they continued to show the dramatic results from last Friday a wide, and likely un-bridgeable gap, between the two candidates. Published Oct. 11, 2022 Updated Oct. 12, 2022. . Protesters gathered outside Los Angeles City Hall on Tuesday. Councilmember Mike Bonin the target of Martinez's most offensive remarks tested positive for the virus after being consoled in the crowded chambers and appeared virtually at the following day's meeting. "Ethnicity and income levels are major factors in drawing relatively balanced electoral maps, and we wanted to ensure that Latinos and all communities are represented fairly," Cedillo said. However, it was unclear whether either had the eight votes to prevail at Tuesdays meeting, when a leadership vote is scheduled. But we also have to figure out the practicality of running the council.. Read the apologies issued by the officials who attended the meeting. Mayoral candidate Karen Bass, appearing alongside a coalition of leaders in downtown Los Angeles, said Tuesday that we cannot and will not tolerate bigotry. Ms. Bass touted the diversity of Los Angeles and said the city must move ahead together and heal. You're going to have to run. Yet residents of Los Angeles routinely tout their diversity as an asset. The leaked audio recording of racist remarks made by the Los Angeles City Council president has stunned the sprawling city, eliciting a fury that extended to its increasingly tight race for mayor between Rick Caruso, a white billionaire developer on the police commission, and Representative Karen Bass, who is Black and has represented the city in the Legislature and Congress for many years. NILC Calls for Immediate Resignation of LA City Council Members Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Leon. In years past, Ms. Rice said, lawyers with expertise in federal voting rights law wielded considerable influence on the drawing of local political boundaries. In Eagle Rock, protesters continued their push to oust De Len, chanting slogans near his home and setting up camp for a lengthy stay. The recording was so shocking that local and state leaders on Monday called for all involved to resign immediately. O'Farrell says he has removed Councilmen Kevin de Len and Gil Cedillo from their committee assignments. The recorded conversation involving some of Los Angeless top power brokers exposed the racial and ethnic factions that have come to dominate politics in California. I have already reached out to many of my Black colleagues and other Black leaders to express my regret in order for us to heal. Both candidates condemned the profanity-laced conversation among the council president, Nury Martinez; two other council members, Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Len; and Ron Herrera, the head of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, who are heard making disparaging comments about Black and Indigenous people. A citizen advisory committee conducts Los Angeless redistricting process and recommends maps, but unlike Californias statewide line-drawing by an independent commission the final boundaries are determined by the City Council. Martinez then described people living in the area of Lafeyette Park and Shatto Place of Koreatown as "short dark people." [8] Herrera's home local union, Teamsters Local 396, joined multiple Teamsters locals in calling for him to leave. The profanity-laced recording of Los Angeles leaders mocking people in racist terms has stunned the nations second-largest city. Los Angeles City Council President Resigns After Audio Leak Of Racist Remarks, Tucker Carlson Top Author Resigns After Alleged Racist, Sexist Posts, Netflix Reduces Subscription Costs In Over 30 Countries, Cuts To Snap Benefits Puts Pressure On Food Banks. Oct. 17, 2022 Updated 8:15 PM PT The Los Angeles City Council struggled on Monday to find a way out of the crisis that has engulfed City Hall over the last week, with two embattled. [11], On October 9, protesters demonstrated outside of her home in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles calling for her resignation. 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