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Calls for Resignation Continues To Build For LA City Council Members Caught Making Racist Comments

October 11, 2022 2:15 amOctober 10, 2022 8:04 pm

Calls for the resignation of now-former City Council President Nury Martinez and fellow Council members Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo continued to grow on Monday as more elected leaders, as well as Angelino citizens, have given more pressure on...

When Will CA’s Elected Leaders Call for Resignations of LA Council Members over Racist Discussion?

October 10, 2022 4:56 pmOctober 11, 2022 5:04 pm

Righteous indignation over the racist remarks and derisive statements made by three Latino members of the Los Angeles City Council and a labor official in a conversation October 2021 about their council colleagues is certainly warranted. However, elected Democrat lawmakers...

This Time, Everything Really Is Racist…and Corrupt…and Head-Spinningly Awful

October 10, 2022 2:43 pmOctober 10, 2022 3:17 pm

Racism, corruption, political scheming, and rank stupidity – just another day at Los Angeles City Hall. The by-now infamous recording of LA Council President Nury Martinez, Councilmembers Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León (or whatever his legal name is), and president...

Nury Martinez Resigns As LA City Council President Following Audio of Racist Comments

October 10, 2022 2:02 pmOctober 10, 2022 2:02 pm

Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez resigned as President of the Council on Monday following the weekend reveal of leaked audio featuring multiple negative racial comments and slurs by Martinez and fellow City Council members Kevin de Leon and...

LA City Council Votes to Pass Ordinance Prohibiting Sale, Repair of Bikes on City Streets

June 16, 2022 6:34 pmJune 16, 2022 5:34 pm

The Los Angeles City Council voted 11-3 on a measure to prohibit the sale and repair of bikes in the street, with proponents celebrating it as a new way to limit crime and opponents saying that is going to hurt...

LA City Council Proposes Making All New Buildings in City Carbon Neutral

February 10, 2022 2:36 amFebruary 9, 2022 9:37 pm

Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nithya Raman introduced legislation during the LA City Council meeting Wednesday to require all-newly constructed buildings in Los Angeles to be carbon neutral. Since the 2010’s, California has set a number large-scale environmental transition goals by...

LA City Council Redistricting Commission Announces New District Boundary Approval, Angering Members

October 1, 2021 11:38 amOctober 1, 2021 12:00 pm

The Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Commission announced on Thursday that they approved of a single draft map, angering several council members whose districts have been radically altered. Due to population shifts, demographics changes, development expansion and other factors, largely...