BREAKING: Nury Martinez has resigned from the LA City Council.
after an audio leaked of a number of racially-charged comments from an Oct. 2021 conversation, causing protestors and politicians to call for her removal from office. Council District 6When I ran in 2013, I wanted to see a change in my community and fight for my neighbors. That is what it has been about all along. No one expected me to win, but with the support of residents throughout the district, I overcame that challenge and won the seat for Council District 6.
Wednesday, protests continued over the comments at City Hall. Protesters again descended on Los Angeles City Hall calling for resignations by members caught on tape in a 2021 racially charged conversation that led Councilwoman Nury Martinez to take a leave of absence. Interim Los Angeles City Council President Mitch O'Farrell called a more extended recess as protesters continue to disrupt the council chamber., whose two-year-old Black son was targeted by a number of racist comments.
On Monday, Martinez announced that she would be stepping down from her role as council president, but still planned to hold her seat on the council. Early Tuesday morning, prior to the beginning of the council meeting, she alsofrom LA City Council to"take some time to have an honest and heartfelt conversation with my family, my constituents, and community leaders."
According to LA's city charter, members can be censured by a two-thirds vote if they conduct actions that"constitute a gross failure to meet such high standards, even if the action does not constitute a ground for removal from office under the Charter." Even in a predominantly Democratic city, it appeared that everyone was quick to condemn the abhorrent actions of the council members heard in the recording
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