Category: Gil Cedillo

LA City Council Canceled Friday Meeting as de Leon, Cedillo Defy Calls to Resign

October 13, 2022
Gil CedilloKevin de LeónLocal NewsLos AngelesLos Angeles city councilNury MartinezRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaUS
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles City Council canceled its Friday, Oct. 14, meeting, with Acting Council President Mitch O’Farrell saying on Oct. 13 the “people’s business cannot be conducted” until Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo resign their council seats. The two councilors were included in a recorded October 2021 conversation in which racially disparaging statements were…

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California Attorney General to Investigate Los Angeles Redistricting Process After Audio Leak

October 12, 2022
Attorney General Rob BontaGil CedilloKevin de LeónLocal NewsLos AngelesNury MartinezRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsRob BontaSocial IssuesSouthern CaliforniaUS
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State Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Oct. 12 that his office will investigate the City of Los Angeles’s redistricting process—in light of the recent leak of a racially charged conversation between three city councilors and the head of a labor union. The investigation is the latest development in the public’s reaction to the recording that was…

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Biden Calls for LA City Councilors to Resign Over Audio Leak

October 11, 2022
Gil CedilloJoe BidenKevin de LeónLocal NewsLos Angeles city councilNury MartinezRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsRon HerreraSouthern CaliforniaUS
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President Joe Biden join the group of officials calling for three Los Angeles City Councilors who took part in a racially charged conversation to resign, according to the White House press secretary Oct. 11. “I spoke to him about it yesterday [Oct. 10],” Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at a White House briefing. “The president…

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