News about Kevin de León

In an interview on Tuesday, CNN anchor Kate Bouldan dragged disgraced Los Angeles councilman Kevin de León, asking why he hasn't resigned yet. In a clandestine meeting in 2021 comparing one of his fellow councilmembers' black sons to a 'accessory' like a 'luxury handbag.' For the first time in months, the Democrat returned to his council seat on Friday for the first time in months, but a tumultuous protester emerged just hours later. However, de León said in an interview on Tuesday that his words and actions are not representative of who he is.

De Leon - who has been refused to resign after being caught on tape making racist remarks - is seen attacking a man in the Lincoln Heights' hallway. According to police, the incident occurred about 6:30 p.m. on Friday, but that everyone involved had fled before authorities could get there. 'Kevin de Leon is a disgrace,' Shakeer Rahman, an advocate for Jason Reedy, said.' Mr. Reedy holds his hands up because a video clip shows him and his allies initiation of this attack.

The 12-0 vote to censure former council President Nury Martinez and Councilmen Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León was the closest the council could take to officially reprimand them. In a tense, bigoted meeting in which Latino Democrats hoped to shield their political clout in the redrawing of council boundaries at the expense of Blacks and renters, the councilmembers were involved in a clandestine recording of 2021, which is now under scrutiny for potentially being caught illicitly. The council is unable to exclude members because criminal charges are pending.

Nury Martinez, a member of the Los Angeles City Council, officially resigned on Wednesday after days of calls from her coworkers and higher political figures over a leaked audio recording of a racial message. On Tuesday morning, The Los Angeles Times revealed a new piece of the incriminating video from an October 2021 phone call. Martinez calls Jewish colleagues 'judios,' Spanish for Jews, and Jews in general. She was referring to former state assemblyman Richard Katz. 'I'm sure Katz and his crew have an agenda,' Ron Herrera started the discussion.'

Protesters erupted the home of the council's president just hours after recording in which three members of the LA City Council made racial remarks about a colleague's black son were widely distributed. Nury Martinez, members Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León, as well as the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera, spoke out against council members' comments about maps that had not been submitted by the city's redistricting commission in October 2021. The clip appeared on Reddit earlier this month, but it was picked more widely by Knock LA on Sunday: "Hey hey, ho ho ho, Nury Martinez has got to go," chanting at Martinez's home in Sun Valley by nightfall. The demonstrators were protesting a law that Martinez herself fought for in 2021 that effectively banned demonstrations in residential areas.