“Black lives – they matter here!” protesters chanted, calling for the resignations of LA Councilmembers Martinez, De Leon and Cedillo.
Amid demands for three Los Angeles City Council members to resign – including a statement from President Joe Biden – and calls for a state probe into the city’s redistricting process, and pitches for an independent redistricting commission, the City Council on Tuesday, Oct. 11 faced a public that was railing against City Hall corruption.
The four Latino leaders also discussed how best to redraw the city’s redistricting maps to benefit them – actions that had the potential to weaken Black political representation in Los Angeles. Los Angeles City Council President Pro Tem, Mitch O’Farrall, asks the audience to allow an orderly session during Tuesday’s council meeting on October 11, 2022 at Los Angeles City Hall, Council Chambers.
De Leon and Cedillo showed up to the Tuesday meeting but eventually left after the protesters refused to quiet down. “I can’t forgive them because it’s not my prerogative,” he said of Martinez, De Leon and Cedillo. “It’s the prerogative of a boy who is too young to really understand what’s going on.” Bonin added that his husband and he are “raw and angry and heartbroken” for their family and the city.Speaking to those in the audience who came to City Hall to demand accountability from Martinez, De Leon and Cedillo, he said, “On these tapes, I have heard the worst of what Los Angeles is.
He also introduced a motion to ask city staff report to the council regarding steps needed to place a measure on the ballot in 2024 to increase the number of city council seats — as well as a report outlining an immediate redistricting process if that 2024 ballot measure passed.
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