The Los Angeles City Council held its regular Tuesday meeting today. Someone, we don't know who, leaked a year old recording of three members of that council behind closed doors discussing redistricting. Nouri Martinez, the council's president, resigned within days. Gill Sadeo and Kevin De Leon are refusing to go despite calls for their resignations from President Joe Biden's camp and Mayor Eric Garcetti. In doing so they've managed to unite the off-divided city of Los Angeles.
Leaked audio revealed elected officials, including City Council President Nury Martinez, making xenophobic, homophobic, and racist statements about their colleagues and constituents. The city has united in fury.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Noel King.
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