LOS ANGELES—After another raucous start to its meeting, the Los Angeles City Council voted Oct. 26 to approve a pair of motions to censure Councilmen Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo for their roles in the City Hall racism scandal.
The city council voted 12–0 to approve the motions, which is the first time the council has censured council members since at least 1911, according to the city clerk’s office.
The council also called for former Council President Nury Martinez to be censured, because the motions were introduced before her resignation from the council. But a representative from the city attorney’s office said during a morning meeting of the council’s Ad Hoc Censure Committee that it was unclear whether the council can censure a former member….