Later, he added that none of the three council members under fire - Ms. When the Council tried again to convene on Wednesday, Mitch O’Farrell, a council member who is acting as president of the body, tried to restore order in the soaring hall, lined by colorful tiles and ornate columns. “No resignation, no meeting!” dozens chanted, waving signs and pounding on the back of the wooden benches. When the Council tried to meet on Tuesday for the first time since the audio surfaced, dozens of outraged residents, many of them members of local far-left organizations, packed into City Hall. For a second day, protesters packed the Council chamber on Wednesday and chanted repeatedly, demanding that the three council members resign as a condition for ending the disruption. The fallout from the recording has roiled Los Angeles city politics and prevented the 15-member Council from conducting city business. Unmasking a Caste System : While the disparaging remarks shocked a city that prides itself on tolerance, they also highlighted a history of racism within the Latino community.A Sharp Issue: Why is a city with so many Latino constituents represented by so few of them? This recording has raised an uncomfortable question in Los Angeles.But loyalties don’t always follow racial lines in the city’s most Latino district. Race and Power: The recording exposed the Latino leaders’ ambition to build more clout.The Fallout: The leaked audio has led to the resignations of a councilwoman and a labor leader, and California’s attorney general plans to investigate Los Angeles’s redistricting process.The Los Angeles City Council Scandal A leaked audio recording of Latino leaders making racist comments created a political firestorm in the country’s second-largest city. “The leaked audio has cast doubt on a cornerstone of our political processes for Los Angeles.” “The decennial redistricting process is foundational for our democracy and for the ability of our communities to make their voices heard - and it must be above reproach,” Rob Bonta, the state attorney general, said in a statement. The three Democrats were meeting privately with Ron Herrera, head of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, at the union’s office. Martinez, Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León - spoke about strategies for ensuring that council districts would be redrawn so that Latino leaders would have within their districts key blocs of voters, as well as “assets” like airports that can enhance an officeholder’s political influence and fund-raising ability. On Wednesday, Councilwoman Nury Martinez stepped down from public office amid calls from politicians, including President Biden, for her and two other council members to resign.īeyond making offensive remarks in the October 2021 meeting that was secretly recorded, the three council members - Ms. The recording has sparked outrage for its racist and insulting comments. LOS ANGELES - California’s attorney general announced on Wednesday that his office would investigate Los Angeles’s redistricting process, after the emergence of a recording of three City Council members discussing ways to change political boundaries to benefit Latino representatives.
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