L.A. mayoral candidates Rick Caruso and Karen Bass, UTLA, Councilmember Paul Koretz and others demand councilwoman Nury Martinez resign for racist slam on a Black toddler.
Despite announcing that she had stepped down as city council president, effective immediately, condemnation of comments by Los Angeles Councilwoman Nury Martinez, and calls for her to resign from office entirely, continued to pour in on Monday, Oct. 10, a day after secretly taped audio of racist remarks she made about a councilman’s son in a closed meeting sent shock waves through Southern California.
Martinez and Councilman Kevin de León both made ugly racial remarks in the private meeting with Councilman Gil Cedillo and L.A. County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera. The four were meeting to discuss the politically sensitive process of redrawing the city council district boundaries — which in itself is being criticized as an inappropriate back-room meeting.
Mayoral candidates Rick Caruso and Rep. Karen Bass called on all three council members to resign from office. Bass also called for the resignation of Herrera. “I have spent the last two days reaching out to leaders across the full spectrum of Los Angeles’ diverse communities about the need to come together in this moment, and to address our long-standing crises of homelessness, public safety and affordability,” she said.
He declined to comment on whether Cedillo, whose reelection campaign Trujillo worked on during the primary election, should also resign.and will leave office in December. Both Martinez’s and De León’s council terms are up in 2024. Former City Controller and former Councilwoman Laura Chick, who has advocated for transparency and ethics reform, said the unfolding scandal “shows me how horribly decisions are being made in City Hall” and “the desperate need for transparency in today’s City Hall.” She said the city’s approach to redistricting needs to be reformed.
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