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Friday's LA City Council meeting canceled, next steps unclear

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council will not hold its regularly scheduled meeting Friday amid calls for the resignation of two members, acting Council President Mitch O’Farrell said Thursday.

Los Angeles Times

L.A.'s Leaked City Council Tape Reminds Us Why 'Smoke-Filled Rooms' Are Bad

A lack of transparency doesn't make politicians better people.

Reason

Steve Lopez: Bonin's tearful speech was the best thing to come out of LA City Hall in ages

Mike Bonin's first attempt to speak was unsuccessful.

Los Angeles Times

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Nury Martinez resigns from LA city council after racist remarks leaked

The former city council president faced intense pressure to step down, including from Joe Biden

The Guardian - US

LA Council faces uncertainty amid furor over racist remarks

The Los Angeles City Council is mired in uncertainty

The Independent UK

LZ Granderson: LA City Council members' recording isn't just offensive. It's also illuminating

So … this is the room where it happens. Not nearly as attractive as Aaron Burr described it in "Hamilton." In fact — judging from the leaked audio from a 2021 meeting among Los Angeles City Council members Gil Cedillo, Kevin de León and Nury Martinez — the room where…

Los Angeles Times

Protests, anger, tears roil LA City Council meeting over leaked racist recordings

LOS ANGELES — Politicians, religious leaders, activists and everyday Angelenos directed their fury at the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday, telling elected leaders about the rage and sadness they felt over a recording in which Council member Nury Martinez is heard making racist remarks and denigrating colleagues.

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Amid scandal at City Hall, President Biden to visit Los Angeles on Wednesday

LOS ANGELES — President Biden will arrive in Los Angeles on Wednesday, and he'll get an up-close look at an L.A. City Hall mired in scandal.

Los Angeles Times

White House calls on Nury Martinez to resign amid LA City Council leaked audio

WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday called for Nury Martinez to resign from the Los Angeles City Council over racist remarks she is heard making on leaked recordings that were made public this week

Los Angeles Times

In leaked recording, Nury Martinez makes crude comments about Jews and Armenians

LOS ANGELES — In the same leaked audio clips posted to Reddit in which former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez made racist remarks about Black people and Oaxacans, she also made crude remarks about Jewish people and Armenians.

Los Angeles Times

Protests, anger, tears roil LA City Council meeting over leaked racist recordings

LOS ANGELES — The L.A. City Council struggled to begin its meeting Tuesday as Angelenos flooded the chambers and screamed with anger two days after a surreptitious recording surfaced on which Council member Nury Martinez is heard making racist remarks and denigrating colleagues.

Los Angeles Times

Biden calls for LA council members to quit over racism scandal as chaos breaks out at city meeting

Biden heads to West Coast later this week

The Independent UK

Nury Martinez taking leave of absence from Los Angeles City Council

LOS ANGELES — Nury Martinez said Tuesday she would take a leave of absence from the Los Angeles City Council, two days after a surreptitious recording surfaced on which she is heard making racist remarks and denigrating colleagues.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Resign, LA Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo

Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez should resign from the council.

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LA civic leaders call for Martinez, de León and Cedillo to resign from City Council

LOS ANGELES — The chorus of civic leaders calling for L.A. City Council members Nury Martinez, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo to step down from the City Council grew louder Monday, as U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, Mayor Eric Garcetti and both mayoral candidates called on the embattled politicians to…

The Independent UK

Los Angeles Council president resigns after racist remarks

The president of the Los Angeles City Council has resigned from the post after she was heard making racist comments and other coarse remarks in a leaked recording of a conversation with other Latino leaders

The Guardian - US

Los Angeles city council president resigns from post over racist comments

In leaked audio clips from October 2021, Nury Martinez can be heard making disparaging comments about a colleague’s Black son

Los Angeles Times

Erika D. Smith: Nury Martinez's racism feeds into Black Angelenos' worst fear. It's us versus them

She called the Black child of Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin "changuito," or "a monkey," who gets carried around like a purse. "Su negrito, like on the side."

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Gustavo Arellano: Nury Martinez's rant reveals the worst enemy of Latino political power — ourselves

The more you listen to it, the worse it gets.

The Independent UK

LA council chief caught racially attacking fellow lawmaker’s son on hot mic

California lawmakers join condemnation of comments amid apologies

Axios

L.A. City Council member Nury Martinez to take leave of absence

The NAACP is demanding two other L.A. City Councilmembers also step down for making racist remarks.

Los Angeles Times

LA council President Nury Martinez faces pressure to resign after racist remarks in leaked audio

Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez found her political future very much in doubt on Sunday, following the release of a recording in which she made racist and derogatory comments during a conversation with two of her colleagues and a high-profile labor leader.

Los Angeles Times

In leaked audio, LA City Council members make racist remarks, mock colleagues

LOS ANGELES — Three Latino members of the Los Angeles City Council and a top county labor official held a conversation last fall that included racist remarks, derisive statements about their colleagues and council President Nury Martinez saying a white councilman handled his young Black son as though he were…

Los Angeles Times

Robin Abcarian: LA District Attorney Gascón survives a second recall campaign. Was he humbled by this near miss?

The crash was horrific, no doubt about it.

Los Angeles Times

LA City Council meeting erupts in chaos, with 2 audience members arrested

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles City Council meeting erupted into chaos on Tuesday, with a public speaker climbing over a bench and onto the council floor to confront Council President Nury Martinez, prompting police to fill the chamber.

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