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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Nathan Solis

Amid scandal at City Hall, President Biden to visit Los Angeles on Wednesday

LOS ANGELES — President Biden will arrive in Los Angeles on Wednesday, and he'll get an up-close look at an L.A. City Hall mired in scandal.

On Tuesday, he called for Los Angeles City Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León to resign from office after audio was released of them making racist and derogatory comments about their colleagues, constituents and different communities.

Then-L.A. County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera was also heard in the conversation, recorded in October 2021, in which they discussed proposed redistricting maps. He is the only person in the conversation to have resigned from his post, and while Martinez stepped down as council president and taken a leave of absence from the council, she remains in office.

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