The two leading candidates in the closely fought race for mayor of Los Angeles: 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. Protesters gathered outside Los Angeles City Hall on Tuesday. He assumed office in 2013. Byron Sigcho Lopez' bid for a second term faced a stiff challenge from Aida Flores, a Chicago Public Schools principal. Even though the server responded OK, it is possible the submission was not processed. "[52], Cedillo ultimately did not resign and served out the remainder of his term. Ald. Im here in downtown Los Angeles, where Representative Karen Bass, the front-runner in the citys mayoral race, is set to deliver brief remarks. 23 October 2022 Two weeks after audio recordings were released exposing racist comments by Los Angeles, California City Council members Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Len, both politicians. L.A. Councilmember Kevin de Len, left, and former Council President Nury Martinez confer at a meeting on Oct. 4, 2022 . 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. In other City of Los Angeles races, there will be runoffs in November for city controller, City Council District 5, City Council District 11, City Council District 13, and City Council District 15. "I've never worked in a political office, for a political person. For that I am sorry. [19][20] On August 30, the vote to instate Hutt as a councilmember fell one vote short, with five voting for and five voting against; it was referred to the Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee for further discussion. WHO. Members of the Los Angeles City Council could censure their three colleagues who were heard in a leaked recording that included racist and disparaging remarks. [43] Councilman Mitch O'Farrell stepped in as acting president. She now resides in the other Valley, and is enjoying exploring her new San Fernando environs. George Gascn, saying that he is with the Blacks., Neither Cedillo nor De Len responded to requests for comment Monday. By Nick Antonicello. "But the activists, they're there 24/7. The crowd echoed the calls for the resignations of Nury Martinez, Kevin de Len and Gil Cedillo that were chanted by protesters inside the council chambers. 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 Monday, Mr. Cedillo issued this statement: I want to start by apologizing. [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. He believes they all should resign, she said. The leaked recording of the three powerful politicians discussing with a labor leader how to maintain their grip on power and expand Latino influence in the city has plunged the council into chaos as angry protesters shut down meetings last week. De Len and Cedillo have given no indication in recent days that they intend to resign in the aftermath of The Times reporting on the leaked audio, which was recorded during a meeting at the L.A. County Federation of Labor headquarters in October 2021. Council members Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Lon, who participated in the meeting in which the former council president made racist remarks, are no longer on the dais. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) By Julia Wick , Benjamin Oreskes Oct. 21, 2022 5 AM PT Two days. For that I am sorry. Gil Cedillo. Im a Hispanic like them, and Im really hurt, said Maria Briones, who was wearing a yellow T-shirt of a tenants rights organization. Acting L.A. City Council President Mitch O'Farrell arrives to a news conference where he announces he is removing Councilmen Kevin de Len and Gil Cedillo from committee assignments at Los. Ms. Martinez complained that on a parade float on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Mr. Bonin had failed to control his son and said that the childs antics had nearly tipped the float over. The Los Angeles City Council has elected Paul Krekorian as its new council president. 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. Cedillo lost his seat in the primary and will be replaced in December. Speaker after speaker in the soaring City Council chambers has called for the resignation of the three council members who participated in the meeting where racist remarks were made. The audio recording captured a conversation between City Council president Nury Martinez, fellow councilmembers Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Len, and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor (colloquially referred to as the "Fed") President Ron Herrera. Moreover, whoever wins the race will have to work with a 15-member City Council that is now deeply split. Speakers also denounced what they described as the political establishment's deeply embedded, systemic racism against Black and Indigenous Angelenos. Mike Bonin, a white City Council member with a Black son, both of whom were the targets of bigoted remarks in the recorded conversation. LA Times on 2022-06-15 03:16 Eunisses Hernandez pulls ahead of Gil Cedillo in tight L.A. Council race . 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. But none of those circumstances seemed likely to apply in this situation. But it also highlighted the political impatience among leaders of the citys largest ethnic group: Latinos, who make up roughly half of the citys population but who hold only four of its 15 City Council seats. The only recourse is resignation or recall, he said. Since none were under indictment, they could only be removed from office by a voter-initiated recall. On that day, I fell short of the expectations we set for our leaders and I will hold myself to a higher standard. That contest, he said, should be accompanied by a special election for De Lens seat as well. ", Cedillo said that in comparing the population and political makeup of a district, "the politics are as important to us as the population. "I don't need those areas," Cedillo said. The KCAL News Staff is a group of experienced journalists who bring you the content on KCALNews.com and CBSLA.com. 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 continued, "I was like, I don't know what village they came from, how they got here, but whatever." [48], On October 27, 2022, a recall effort against De Len was accepted by the Los Angeles City Clerk's office. Stepping down from the council would be the right response by these members in a moment that demands accountability and healing at a time of great pain and deep disappointment, Mr. Garcetti said, adding that he planned to spend his remaining days in office moving kindness, transparency and respect forward as core values of our city.. It's always been on the community end," said Hernandez. First published on December 12, 2022 / 3:12 PM. 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. The LAist, a local news outlet, said such an election would be likely if Ms. Martinez, whose term still has two years to run, were to resign. He is someone that has helped to bridge a divide in his own district, she said. [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. MyNewsLA.com wont sell your information and you can unsubscribe at any time. They already must choose who will replace Ms. Martinez as the councils president. Council president Paul Krekorian suggested that if Cedillo resigned before the end of his term, the council could seat Hernandez immediately. And he stopped short of committing to keeping Krekorian beyond January, after those new members have been sworn in. We will continue to lead our work with love, compassion, deep strategic analysis and patience.. 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. Later, during the meeting, Mr. Bonin said through tears: I take a lot of hits, and I know I practically invite a bunch of them. Mr. de Len issued this statement on Monday: There were comments made in the context of this meeting that are wholly inappropriate; and I regret appearing to condone and even contribute to certain insensitive comments made about a colleague and his family in private. Not for nothing is Rodney Kings plea during the 1992 riots often viewed as the citys signature utterance: Can we all get along?. And probably in a district where more than half of them don't know who you are. Caruso received 232,490, or 35.99%, of the vote. 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.. October 26, 2022 / 10:26 AM / AP The Los Angeles City Council formally rebuked two members and its former president Wednesday for their involvement in a racism scandal that has led to days of. 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. By Tuesday morning, one of the four Ron Herrera, president of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor had stepped down, and another Nury Martinez, the City Council president had given up her leadership role and said she would take a leave of absence from the council. by Contributing Editor October 26, 2022. Last month, a former U.S.C. By a two-thirds vote, the City Council could censure or, formally express its disapproval of members whose actions the Council determined to be a gross failure to conform to the highest standards of personal and professional conduct. Separately, Los Angeles voters can recall members, but the process is not fast or easy: Forcing a recall election requires the support of at least 15 percent of the voters in the council members district. He has not been able to reach de Leon. None of the three council members on the recording seem to be here. It was an awkward call for both candidates: Mr. Cedillo endorsed Mr. Caruso for mayor and Ms. Martinez endorsed Ms. Bass. The language that was used and tolerated in that conversation was unacceptable, and it was appalling.. "[12] Martinez also called the child a "changuito" according to the Los Angeles Times, meaning "little monkey" in Spanish. I think given the moment that were in, I believe those are skill sets that are highly valued.. Learn More{{/message}}, {{#message}}{{{message}}}{{/message}}{{^message}}It appears your submission was successful. Still, other efforts to recover from the crisis remain stalled. 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. Krekorian remains interested in the presidency, citing his work helping the city recover from two major financial crises one caused by the Great Recession, the other triggered by the pandemic. The Oct. 13, 2021, indictment alleged that Mr. Ridley-Thomas had participated in a bribery scheme in which his son received free tuition from the University of Southern California in exchange for Ridley-Thomas supporting county contracts and lucrative contract amendments with the university.. If the council does appoint somebody, that particular person might only serve until mid-December, at which level it must call a special election. Rodriguez, who represents the northeast Valley, said she told Krekorian at Sundays meeting that she favors Price, who just won reelection to a third and final term. Councilman Mike Bonin, whose Black son was the target of racist comments on the recording, tried to calm the crowd. "There are some people who don't warrant us rescuing them," Cedillo said, referring to Raman. Please reload the page and try again. He resigned from the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor on the evening of October 10; the chair of the federation's executive board, Thom Davis, said, "The Executive Board of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor also calls on those elected officials who were present to follow President Herrera's example by immediately resigning as well. 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. Gil Cedillo was long a lion of the Latino Left. The four people heard on an audio recording that rocked Los Angeles politics over the weekend have long been significant Democratic power brokers, not just in the city but in California as a whole. In the leaked tapes, Cedillo dismissed Black voters by saying "the 25 Blacks are shouting," to which de Len responded, "But they shout like they're 250." At the meeting, Ron Herrera, who was the president of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor before resigning over the recording, called the group "a little Latino caucus of our own" as they discussed how to undo maps drawn up by a commission to benefit themselves and shore up power. Civil rights attorney Faisal Gill easily topped the field with 24.23% of the vote to advance to the November runoff. All four people on the audio recording are Latino. I've been pigeonholed into this box of, oh you're a police abolitionist. I ask for forgiveness from my colleagues and from the residents of this city that I love so much. Mr. Huizar was removed from office on the day of his arrest. No one denies that the conversation crossed a line at several points, and I deeply regret not speaking up when it did. [41][42], On October 10, Martinez stepped down as president through a released statement that apologized to Bonin and others, saying, "Therefore, effective immediately I am resigning as President of the Los Angeles City Council," though she did not resign from her seat on the City Council. Rick Caruso, left, and Karen Bass, candidates for the mayor of Los Angeles, during a debate last month. On Tuesday, Ms. Martinez said she would take a leave of absence from the City Council: This has been one of the most difficult times of my life and I recognize this is entirely of my own making, At this moment, I need to take a leave of absence and take some time to have an honest and heartfelt conversation with my family, my constituents, and community leaders. Eunisses Hernandez, a progressive who defeated one of the three council members, Gil Cedillo, in a June primary and will succeed him when his term ends later this year. 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. The presidency vote comes at an awkward time. If a member resigns, the Council could also call a special election for voters to choose a replacement, according to the City Clerks office. The Los Angeles City Council is set to vote Wednesday on whether to censure Councilmen Kevin de Len and Gil Cedillo for their role in the City Hall racism scandal. Both had been on several high-profile committees, with Cedillo chairing the Housing Committee and De Leon chairing the Homelessness and Poverty Committee. In that recording, Martinez made racist remarks about the young Black son of Councilmember Mike Bonin, who is white. She's not our ally. dean pleaded guilty and admitted to arranging a $100,000 payment to the councilman. Tuesdays meeting will also allow the council to begin exploring a number of reform measures, including the first step toward asking voters to expand the size of the 15-member council. Jessica Pons for The New York Times, Sarah Morris/Getty Images, Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images. I was like, this kid needs a beatdown. With three members effectively gone, the basic task of ensuring the council has a quorum the 10 members needed to hold a meeting has become considerably more difficult. Therefore, effective immediately I am resigning as president of the Los Angeles City Council. He's with the Blacks", referring to District Attorney George Gascn. 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. The Los Angeles city attorney race was still seemingly too close to call, with three frontrunners. He said Monday he is experiencing only cold-like symptoms. Stefanie Dazio/AP After Ms. Martinez resigned from the council presidency but not her council seat on Monday, Mr. Caruso and then Ms. Bass joined calls for all three council members to step down. 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. Well send you the latest headlines every morning and every weekday afternoon. Cedillo ran for re-election to the Los Angeles City Council to represent District 1 in California. Former City Councilman Gil Cedillo, who defied widespread calls to resign over his participation in a racist 2021 conversation that attempted to manipulate the city's redistricting process, Monday defended his decision not to step down -- referencing McCarthyism, cancel culture and comedian Trevor Noah. "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. O'Farrell said the two men should not show up at Tuesday's meeting, which will be held virtually Tuesday because two members have tested positive for COVID-19 since the Oct. 11 meeting. Eunisses Hernandez, who appears to have unseated Gil Cedillo on the Los Angeles City Council, hopes to shift funding priorities for the LAPD and other agencies. "I told her that's not happening," Martinez said. He lost in the primary on June 7, 2022. Former City Councilman Gil Cedillo, who defied widespread calls to resign over his participation in a racist 2021 conversation that attempted to manipulate the city's redistricting process,. Track SoCal rain with LIVE Megadoppler 7000 HD. You're going to have to run. The Black community in Los Angeles with 20 percent of the Council seats and powerful civic leaders dating back to Mayor Tom Bradley has wielded clout beyond its 8.8 percent share of the population. The Los Angeles City Council took the historic step of censuring Councilmembers Kevin de Len and Gil Cedillo and former Councilwoman Nury Martinez for their roles in the City Hall racism and . Theyre raising him like a little white kid, Ms. Martinez said on the recording. "Some of the top three charges that got women into the L.A. County jail system are driving with a suspended license, no license or no insurance. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated, "The President is glad to see that one of the participants in that conversation has resigned, but they all should." 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. I think theres been a lot of effort made in this city and county to manage it.. He was sentenced in January 2021 to 14 months in prison. 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