Demands from community members and LA officials continue to grow demanding councilmen Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo resign over racist comments made during a meeting last year.
After scandal, LA City Attorney Mike Feuer moves to take redistricting power out of City Hall's hands
De León also made revealing comments around last year's process of redrawing council district boundaries, including calling Councilwoman Nithya Raman's district "the one to put in the blender and chop up, left or right" as the four officials discussed how they could avoid giving Raman renter-heavy districts like Koreatown.
De León has not commented since. Acting Council President Mitch O'Farrell said Thursday that he's been unsuccessful in trying to reach de León. The council has come to a standstill while calling for de León and Cedillo to resign, with O'Farrell canceling Friday's scheduled meeting. "And then what was revealed is that behind closed doors, he was anti-all of those things," Abdullah said. "I'm beyond disappointed. I'm enraged.""The idea that we're just 25 Black people yelling shows that he doesn't know history, and he didn't learn as much as I thought he did," Abdullah said.
"We know we deserve better now," said Martha Escudero, a member of the housing group Reclaiming Our Homes. "We're not stupid and we're not going to get fooled again. Just because they look like you and me they are for your interests. It's what they actually do."
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