{"id":1702831,"date":"2022-10-19T20:33:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T00:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1702831"},"modified":"2022-10-19T20:33:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T00:33:18","slug":"no-im-not-resigning-l-a-city-official-refuses-to-step-down-following-racist-audio-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-im-not-resigning-l-a-city-official-refuses-to-step-down-following-racist-audio-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No, I\u2019m Not Resigning\u2019: L.A. City Official Refuses To Step Down Following Racist Audio Leak"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fno-im-not-resigning-l-a-city-official-refuses-to-step-down-following-racist-audio-leak%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=1702831&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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/los-angeles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles<\/a> City Councilmember Kevin de Le\u00f3n said in a television interview Wednesday night that he \u201cwill not resign\u201d from his position amid a public and political backlash from local, state, and federal officials.<\/p>\n<p>De Le\u00f3n, 55, was heard in leaked audio recordings published earlier this month revealing offensive or racist comments made during a meeting with fellow city officials behind closed doors in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.univision.com\/noticias\/politica\/kevin-de-leon-no-renunciara-concejo-los-angeles-entrevista-leon-krauze\">Noticiero Univision<\/a>, de Le\u00f3n said that although he \u201cfeels very bad\u201d about the \u201cdamage\u201d caused by the conversation, he doesn\u2019t plan on vacating his seat, on which he has two years remaining.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not resign because there is a lot of work ahead of me,\u201d de Le\u00f3n told the Spanish news outlet.<\/p>\n<p>De Le\u00f3n, who has been tightly holding onto his seat in the wake of the Los Angeles Times report exposing corruption and racism within the city\u2019s chambers, pointed to a range of crises in his district, including infections, unemployment, eviction threats, and homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a lot of work that we have to face,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In the recordings, de Le\u00f3n compared the way his fellow councilmember Mike Bonin, a white gay man, handles his black son to a handbag, and would later refer to Bonin as the council\u2019s \u201cfourth black member.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His comments were part of a conversation \u2014 focused mainly on the once-in-a-decade city redistricting \u2014 with former Council President Nury Martinez, Councilmember Gil Cedillo, and former Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera.<\/p>\n<p>L.A. officials met to discuss how the city would redraw council district boundaries over the next ten years \u2014 geared toward helping Latino political leaders maintain their power, re-elect Latino members, and protect economic interests.<\/p>\n<p>While Cedillo said he \u201cshould have intervened\u201d when his colleagues used \u201cracially divisive\u201d language, de Le\u00f3n said he regrets \u201cappearing to condone and even contribute to certain insensitive comments made about a colleague and his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martinez, who made the bulk of the insulting comments, and Herrera, have since resigned from their posts.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Los Angeles City Council President Mitch O\u2019Farrell removed Councilmembers de Le\u00f3n and Gil Cedillo from committee positions and assignments on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Farrell, who replaced former council president Nury Martinez after she announced her resignation last week, has asked de Le\u00f3n and Cedillo to step down. However, amid facing calls to vacate their seats, both have refused to leave. Instead, O\u2019Farrell stripped the city officials of their chairmanships and committee positions that deal with issues such as real estate, development, housing, and homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only recourse is resignation or recall,\u201d O\u2019Farrell told The Los Angeles Times. \u201cI do not see the remaining two members who haven\u2019t resigned coming back to council with any level of credibility whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles city officials elected a new president, Paul Krekorian, to lead the chamber Tuesday despite protestors demanding the council holds the vote until de Le\u00f3n and Cedillo resign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de Le\u00f3n said in a television interview Wednesday night that he \u201cwill not resign\u201d from his position amid a public and political backlash from local, state, and federal officials. 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