U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla and mayoral candidates Rep. Karen Bass and Rick Caruso have called on all three councilmembers to resign.
Martinez reiterated her apologies in a Monday morning statement, saying she was “truly ashamed.”
By mid-morning Monday, Councilmembers Nithya Raman, Paul Koretz, Marqueece Harris-Dawson and Bonin had all called on Martinez to resign, and a fifth — Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell —Harris-Dawson, along with several other politicians in various levels of government, also called for De León and Cedillo to resign from council.
Krekorian said he is in fact interested in becoming council president, arguing that the city is about to go through huge political changes — the arrival of a new mayor, city attorney, city controller and at least four new council members. The council, he said, will need someone experienced to lead the council through its “latest crisis.”
The leaked audio of Martinez and her colleagues revealed explicit conversations about the council district maps that had recently been proposed by the city’s 21-member redistricting commission.
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