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How Recent Political Scandals at L.A. City Hall Have Unfolded How Recent Political Scandals at L.A. City Hall Have Unfolded
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It’s been about six months since leaked audio of Los Angeles City Council members making racist comments and griping about their colleagues exploded into public view, giving Angelenos a rare, unfiltered look at how their politicians jostle for power. And they did not like what they saw.It’s been about six months since leaked audio of Los Angeles City Council members making racist comments and griping about their colleagues exploded into public view, giving Angelenos a rare, unfiltered look at how their politicians jostle for power. And they did not like what they saw.
After the release of the secretly recorded tape, which was first reported by The Los Angeles Times in October, activists and politicians demanded the resignations of the council president, two council members and the labor leader heard on the recording, all of whom are Latino.After the release of the secretly recorded tape, which was first reported by The Los Angeles Times in October, activists and politicians demanded the resignations of the council president, two council members and the labor leader heard on the recording, all of whom are Latino.
Two of them — the labor leader Ron Herrera and Nury Martinez, then the president of the City Council — complied. Of the other two council members on the tape, Gil Cedillo had already lost a re-election bid and Kevin de León held on to his seat in the face of raucous protests.Two of them — the labor leader Ron Herrera and Nury Martinez, then the president of the City Council — complied. Of the other two council members on the tape, Gil Cedillo had already lost a re-election bid and Kevin de León held on to his seat in the face of raucous protests.
This week, that scandal reached a kind of uneasy denouement, unaccompanied by the kind of concrete changes that city officials pledged would spring from the turmoil.This week, that scandal reached a kind of uneasy denouement, unaccompanied by the kind of concrete changes that city officials pledged would spring from the turmoil.
An effort to recall de León failed to gather enough signatures to make it to the ballot. (He had returned to working largely as usual. His term ends next year.) And on Tuesday, a little over 9,000 voters cast ballots, out of more than 118,000 who were eligible, in the primary election to fill Martinez’s seat until her term ends next year. Her absence has left a large swath of the San Fernando Valley without representation.
From a field of seven candidates, several of whom had backing from current council members, Imelda Padilla, a community organizer, came out on top with about 26 percent of the vote. She will face the second-place candidate, Marisa Alcaraz — an adviser to the council member Curren Price, who represents a district in South Los Angeles — in a June runoff election.