Kevin de León: Difference between revisions

In October 2022, De León apologized after a recording of him, fellow Councilmember [[Gil Cedillo]], and [[Los Angeles County Federation of Labor]] President [[Ron Herrera]] listening without objection to Councilmember [[Nury Martinez]] making racist remarks about the adopted Black son of their City Council colleague [[Mike Bonin]], using slurs against indigenous Oaxaqueños people who live in [[Koreatown, Los Angeles|Koreatown]], and discussing redistricting in order to break up Black voting districts was leaked onto the internet and subsequently reported by the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''; [[President of the United States|President]] [[Joe Biden]], Bonin, the editorial board of the ''Los Angeles Times'', and the ''[[Los Angeles Daily News]]'' called for De León's resignation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://abc7.com/nury-martinez-kevin-de-leon-leaked-audio-city-council/12308791/ | title=Nury Martinez resigns as president of LA City Council following leaked audio of racist remarks | date=October 10, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-10 |title=Nury Martinez, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo should resign |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2022/10/10/nury-martinez-kevin-de-leon-and-gil-cedillo-should-resign |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref>