Most Los Angeles residents have already forgotten about the 2021 tape of three Hispanic members of the Los Angeles City Council, along with the Hispanic head of the Los Angeles County California Federation of Labor (Cal Labor), secretly plotting how to manipulate the redistricting process and consolidate their power. In October 2022, the leaked audio revealed District 6 Councilwoman and City Council President Nury Martinez, District 14 Councilman Kevin de León, District 1 Councilman Gil Cedillo, and Cal Labor President Ron Herrera spouting racist stereotypes and diatribes about everyone from Oxacan Mexicans to the adopted Black child of a gay councilmember Mike Bonin. In case you need a refresher, here’s a walk down memory lane. (Warning: Strong language).
“Fuck that guy… He’s with the Blacks.”
LA City Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Gil Cedillo, Kevin de León and LA Labor…
