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George Skelton: De Leon embodied the American dream. After racist audio leak, he's living a political nightmare

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Back when he led the state Senate, currently disgraced Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León acknowledged growing up with "a chip on my shoulder," thinking "I wasn't good enough, maybe."

Los Angeles Times

Hate crime reports surge

Through Oct. 18, 77 hate crimes, a 71% increase over the same period last year, were reported this year to the city’s Commission on Human Relations.

Chicago Sun-Times

LA councilman's future uncertain amid racism scandal

The troubled Los Angeles City Council appears headed into a long power struggle, as two disgraced councilmen resist widespread calls for their resignation amid a racism scandal and state investigation

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2,200 housing units near casino site get plan commission’s OK

The long-term proposal would bring investment to an area of small commercial buildings just west of the Chicago Tribune site.

Chicago Sun-Times

New judge wants to move up Ed Burke’s racketeering trial, but calendars are full

Burke faces charges of using his seat on the City Council to steer business to his law firm in schemes that involved the Old Post Office, a Burger King and a Northwest Side redevelopment project.

Chicago Sun-Times

CTA avoids service cuts, fare hikes under proposed $1.8 billion budget

The CTA also released a $3.4 billion, five-year capital improvement plan which looks to invest in major projects such as the Red Line extension and modernize CTA’s bus fleet and railroad cars.

Chicago Sun-Times

Commentary: How to reform Los Angeles City Hall to avoid future corruption and scandal

The secretly recorded conversation from October 2021 involving three members of the Los Angeles City Council and a labor leader is yet another scandal that will further damage public trust in the city’s government.

Los Angeles Times

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Major changes to Nottingham bins could see new recycling and food waste collections

Multiple recycling containers could be introduced

Nottingham Post

Editorial: Resign already, Councilmembers Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo

How much longer will Los Angeles City Councilmembers Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo try to hang on to their jobs?

Los Angeles Times

'No, I will not resign': LA City Councilman Kevin de León defends himself in TV interview

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Council member Kevin de León said in a television interview airing Wednesday night that he "will not resign," according to a partial transcript of the interview released by Noticiero Univision.

Los Angeles Times

LA Councilman de Leon says he will not resign amid uproar

Embattled Los Angeles Councilman Kevin de Leon has told Univision he will not resign amid an uproar over a leaked tape that revealed him participating in a meeting in which Latino officials made crude, racist remarks and plotted to expand their political power

The Independent UK

Calls for Dublin City Council boss Owen Keegan to resign after damning O'Connell Street report

EXCLUSIVE: A spokeswoman said Mr Keegan could not respond to the call for his resignation because he is on "planned annual leave" this week

Dublin Live

Robin Abcarian: In that racist leaked recording, LA sees its true reflection — and it's ugly

I wasn't expecting to hear a reference to my favorite childhood movie as I listened to the surreptitiously recorded conversation among Latino officials that has shaken Los Angeles to its core.

Los Angeles Times

Paul Krekorian voted in as new LA City Council president

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council selected Council member Paul Krekorian as its next leader Tuesday afternoon, with the 10 members present voting unanimously for him to take over the council presidency.

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City Council member warns about possibility of fraud in gas, Ventra card giveaways

Ald. Brendan Reilly said a constituent who had received one of the gas cards told him he was able to overcharge the card by “$50 or $60” and sent him the receipts. Reilly now wants to know “how many others are out there.”

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles City Council meets to choose a new president

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council’s online meeting came to order as scheduled on Tuesday morning, ending questions about whether the body would have the 10-person quorum necessary to proceed, with key votes expected on the council’s presidency, an expansion of the council and the future of redistricting.

Nottingham Post

Nottingham's Bonfire Night cancelled by city council due to costs

It has also been off for two years due to Covid

Los Angeles Times

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.

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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.

Chicago Sun-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.

WEKU

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.

Manchester Evening News

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

Los Angeles Times

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.

The Independent UK

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

Los Angeles Times

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.

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