The Los Angeles City Council quickly ejected protesters Tuesday after they attempted to again disrupt the council's meeting, demanding that Councilmen Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo resign over their involvement in the City Hall racism scandal before the council meets.
Council President Paul Krekorian had previously allowed the couple dozen protesters to chant, shout and slap benches while the council members continued with the meeting, wearing earphones to hear.
"This was again an indication of speaking over people' voices, trying to silence them, intimidate them, threaten them -- with a heavy police presence," Khan said of the council resuming meetings. On Friday, protesters were kept waiting outside City Hall due to what officials claimed was the chamber reaching capacity. Protesters had disrupted most of last week's Tuesday and Wednesday's meetings. Krekorian had previously ordered the chamber cleared toward the end of Wednesday's meeting.
Items on Tuesday's agenda included establishing an Office of Racial Equity, adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of antisemitism, providing funding to expand rental assistance in District 11 and voting on second consideration of a proposed ordinance prohibiting misleading advertising by pregnancy services centers in Los Angeles.
At a news briefing after he cleared the chamber last week, Krekorian claimed he has demonstrated"far more patience than should reasonably be expected in management of our council meetings." He prefaced that he didn't have much patience with the protesters in the first place. "One way or the other, whether it's through technological means or whether it's through other means, this council will do the work that we've been elected to do," Krekorian said.One person died Thursday when a vehicle crashed down an embankment in the Malibu area.
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