After recordings of a racist rant surfaced, Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nury Martinez has resigned. Public outcry immediately followed the disturbing audio that was leaked on Sunday. The recording was from October 2021 and featured Martinez and other local Latino political leaders. Martinez can be heard speaking on how Latino …

On Tuesday, a crowd of protesters gathered at the Los Angeles City Council chamber to call for the resignation of three members involved in a racist conversation used to describe colleagues as they plotted to protect Latino political strength in Council districts. The start of the meeting was delayed due …

The president of the Los Angeles City Council has stepped down after leaked audio of racially-charged comments. “I take responsibility for what I said and there are no excuses for those comments,” said former Los Angeles City Council president Nury Martinez. “I’m so sorry.” Her apology is in response to …

Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for Los Angeles City Council members Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo to resign from their positions following their leaked racist conversation. Despite the world hearing de León and Cedillo’s racist remarks targeting a slew of people of color, including the Black community, Brown and …

Despite several calls for his resignation, Los Angeles council member Kevin de León is refusing to step down from his position. The entire country has now heard the audio that contained racist language and comments about Black, Asian and Latino communities from L.A. council member de León, L.A. County Federation …

During Wednesday evening’s press conference, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti spoke about reforming the Los Angeles Police Department, a plan he called an “urgent moment” for the city and “an inflection point.” In order to move rhetoric towards action, the city of Los Angeles, Garcetti will not be increasing the …