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Latino media grapples with how to cover the Nury Martinez scandal

LOS ANGELES — Javier Cabral had never been tested as L.A. Taco’s editor in chief like he was after audio leaked Oct. 9 of then-L.A. City Council President Nury Martinez making racist remarks.

Los Angeles Times

Erika D. Smith: 'I'm a Black woman, not a pawn.' The forgotten victim of LA's racist tape scandal

Heather Hutt, a longtime political staffer turned interim Los Angeles City Council member, was already disgusted listening to three colleagues and a prominent labor leader use racist language to justify their plot to hoard political power for Latinos.

Los Angeles Times

CTA has work to do to get past line in the sand over Red Line extension

No matter how potentially vital the Red Line extension may be, the CTA must help its case for getting the money by better tending to the system as it exists now.

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Two LA city council members have lost their committee positions over race scandal

The head of the Los Angeles City Council stripped two members, Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Leon, of much of their power Monday to pressure them to resign after a private meeting sparked a scandal.

WEKU

Wythenshawe town centre set for major £20m regeneration, Council announces after taking on lease

A £20m levelling up bid has been submitted to the government

Manchester Evening News

Racist audio leak has ‘tainted’ LA's redistricting maps. Now some want them scrapped

LOS ANGELES — For nearly a week, activists and elected officials have demanded the ouster of three Los Angeles City Council members, calling it the only acceptable response to secretly recorded audio of them engaged in a conversation with racist and derogatory language.

Los Angeles Times

LA's Black-Latino tensions bared in City Council scandal

Cross-cultural coalitions have ruled Los Angeles politics for decades, helping elect both Black and Latino politicians to top leadership roles in the huge racially and ethnically diverse city

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Following City Council members' racist remarks, hundreds of Oaxacans march for justice in L.A.

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles' Oaxacan community gathered under cloudy skies for a march for justice Saturday afternoon, following revelations over a leaked audio recording in which some City Council members disparaged Black and Indigenous people, among others, in starkly racist terms.

Los Angeles Times

Gil Cedillo, a champion for immigrant rights, imperiled by racist leak scandal

LOS ANGELES — When four Latino leaders held a meeting to discuss Los Angeles' City Council boundaries last year, one in the group acted at points as the political elder in the room, a now-infamous audio recording revealed.

Los Angeles Times

Planning commissioner gets an earful about Lightfoot’s plan to create second transit TIF to bankroll Red Line South extension

Mayor Lori Lightfoot is pushing for a final City Council vote on her financing plan before Dec. 31 to meet the requirement for federal matching funds. But it could be a rough ride, judging from the earful Planning and Development Commissioner Maurice Cox got about the project while testifying at…

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago to launch $3M Tiny Homes pilot on city lots with up to eight units on each

Housing Commissioner Marisa Novara told the City Council Friday the program will launch on city-owned land to eliminate land acquisition costs.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bribes, kickbacks, secret recordings: A recent history of LA City Hall scandals

LOS ANGELES — The recent leak of a recording that exposed some of Los Angeles' top officials making abhorrent racist comments, disparaging multiple racial and ethnic groups, has rocked the City of Angels.

Los Angeles Times

Once seen as a trailblazer, Kevin de León tumbles after leaked racist tape

LOS ANGELES — Nearly 20 minutes into the secretly recorded conversation that would cost Nury Martinez her L.A. City Council seat, she remarked to fellow Councilmember Kevin de León that it was recently his anniversary. Seven years ago, he had been sworn in as the leader of the California Senate.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Endorsement: Karen Bass for Los Angeles mayor

Los Angeles desperately needs, and will soon get, new leadership. No elected office is more important than mayor; this is the person Angelenos look to in a crisis, who can set the tone of the political discourse and should act as the moral compass for city policy.

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Mary McNamara: If Nury Martinez loves LA, what does hate look like?

Out of all the things former City Council president Nury Martinez has said, or been heard to say, this last week, her initial plea for forgiveness from "the residents of this city that I love so much" is probably the most outrageous.

Los Angeles Times

For Black Angelenos, recording stokes anger, fears of losing hard-fought gains

LOS ANGELES — Watching the news in her View Park home, Helen Ray sat in stunned disbelief as she listened to the now infamous tape of three Los Angeles City Council members and a labor leader privately strategizing about redistricting.

Los Angeles Times

Biden can’t quit LA, or its complex politics, even as racist audio leak rocks the city

LOS ANGELES — What a moment for the leader of the free world to show up in Southern California.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago’s 2023 budget must focus on helping all residents

Public libraries, street paving and snow removal should be budget priorities.

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Belmont Cragin voters speak out, another Illinoian pleads guilty after US Capitol riot and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ald. Matt Martin urges City Council to shake off rubber-stamp reputation

Last month, the 47th Ward Council member introduced a resolution calling for making himself chair of the Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight, replacing retired chair Michele Smith.

Reason

Union Group Tries To Bully L.A. Times Into Burying Racist Remarks

Plus: Copyright versus the internet, roofer helping rebuild hurricane-damaged Florida houses arrested for lack of Florida license, and more...

Los Angeles Times

Steve Lopez: Bonin's tearful speech was the best thing to come out of LA City Hall in ages

Mike Bonin's first attempt to speak was unsuccessful.

The Independent UK

Los Angeles councilmen resist resignation in racism scandal

Two Los Angeles City Council members are resisting overwhelming calls for them to resign Thursday after a recording surfaced of them making crude and racist remarks in a secret meeting over redistricting tactics

Axios

Nury Martinez resigns from Los Angeles City Council in wake of leaked audio scandal

The resignation comes a day after she announced she'd take a leave of absence.

Chicago Sun-Times

Contracting numbers disgust Black members of Chicago City Council

Chicago paid $763 million to prime contractors through July 31, but only 11% — $82 million — went to firms owned by African Americans. Hispanics fared better, at $109 million, or 14%. Asian Americans, Chicago’s fastest-growing ethnic group, got a 7% piece of the contracting pie.

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