Los Angeles City Councilmember Nury Martinez said Tuesday she would take a leave of absence amid calls for her resignation following the release of tape of her making racist remarks in a conversation with colleagues.
A growing swath of city and state Democratic officials demanded Martinez, de Léon and Cedillo relinquish their seats. The list includes both the state and county Democratic parties, several Los Angeles city council members, numerous state lawmakers and Congress members representing Los Angeles, and U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla – a Los Angeles native who is a longtime ally of Martinez.
The recorded conversation rocked Los Angeles and conjured a painful history of racism that coexists with the city’s celebrated diversity. Rep., who followed fellow mayoral candidate Rick Caruso in calling for the members’ resignations, said in a statement she had spent Sunday “speaking with Black and Latino leaders about how to ensure this doesn’t divide our city.”
The three members had not stepped aside as of Tuesday morning, about 48 hours after the Los Angeles Times first published the contents of the recordings. That raised the prospect of a deeply divided city council in which two serving members would be profoundly alienated from their colleagues. While Cedillo is on his way out after losing a primary, Martinez and de Léon are not up for re-election until 2024.
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