{"id":1687255,"date":"2022-10-12T21:35:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T01:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1687255"},"modified":"2022-10-12T21:35:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T01:35:43","slug":"l-a-councilwoman-nury-martinez-resigns-state-and-city-officials-respond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-councilwoman-nury-martinez-resigns-state-and-city-officials-respond\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A. Councilwoman Nury Martinez Resigns, State And City Officials Respond"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fl-a-councilwoman-nury-martinez-resigns-state-and-city-officials-respond%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1687255&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/los-angeles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles<\/a> City Council President Nury Martinez announced Wednesday her resignation from her seat following leaked audio recordings exposing her three other top L.A. officials using offensive and racist language during a meeting last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with a broken heart that I resign my seat for Council District 6, the community I grew up in and my home,\u201d Martinez said, adding, \u201cTo my staff \u2014 I\u2019m sorry that we\u2019re ending it this way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martinez first resigned as president of the Los Angeles City Council on Monday, within hours after the recordings went public.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation with the former councilwoman also involved Councilmembers Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Le\u00f3n and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera, who resigned shortly after Martinez.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting, which took place in October 2021, was primarily focused on redistricting the city, which happens once a decade.<\/p>\n<p>During the closed-door recorded conversation, L.A. officials met to discuss how the city would redraw council district boundaries over the next 10 years \u2014 geared toward helping Latino political leaders maintain their power, re-elect Latino members, and protect economic interests.<\/p>\n<p>However, the leaked audio recordings, first published by anonymous Reddit users and later reported by The Los Angeles Times, exposed Martinez\u2019s racist statements about a fellow council member Mike Bonin, a gay white man, and his adopted black son.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez was also heard making racist remarks about Oaxacan immigrants living in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles and offensive comments regarding Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s association with the black community.<\/p>\n<p>Councilmember de Le\u00f3n was also heard making offensive comments in the recording about Bonin.<\/p>\n<p>In the moments after Martinez\u2019s resignation, Mayor Eric Garcetti issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lamayor.org\/statement-mayor-garcetti-resignation-nury-martinez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> saying the former councilwoman \u201cmade the right decision,\u201d that he realizes \u201cis painful to her personally but unquestionably in the best interests of a city that I know she loves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRacism and hateful words cannot ever be overlooked by our community or within one\u2019s self, and she needs the time and space to reflect, make amends, and move forward with her life,\u201d Garcetti said, adding her two former colleagues \u2014 Cedillo and de Le\u00f3n \u2014 \u201cmust arrive at the same decision soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAngelenos deserve a government focused squarely on meeting challenges in their neighborhoods that are too serious to risk a paralyzed City Council,\u201d Garcetti said.<\/p>\n<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2022\/10\/12\/governor-gavin-newsom-responds-to-resignation-of-nury-martinez-from-los-angeles-city-council\/\">said<\/a> that the councilwoman made the right decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the right move,\u201d Newsom said. \u201cAgain, these comments have no place in our state, or in our politics, and we must all model better behavior to live the values that so many of us fight every day to protect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CBS News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/losangeles\/news\/nury-martinez-resigns-from-los-angeles-city-council-after-leaked-audio-of-racist-remarks\/?taid=6347558d8e99c60001527e03&#038;utm_campaign=true_anthem&#038;utm_medium=twitter&#038;utm_source=social\">reports<\/a> Councilman Mitch O\u2019Farrell will fill the role of pro-tempore president of the Council while calling on the other council members to step down from their positions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no other way forward,\u201d O\u2019Farrell said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez announced Wednesday her resignation from her seat following leaked audio recordings exposing her three other top L.A. officials using offensive and racist language during a meeting last year. \u201cIt is with a broken heart that I resign my seat for Council District 6, the community I grew 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