Imperfect Paradise: LA City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson on the tape scandal fallout, homelessness, and the presidential election

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🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Marqueece Harris-Dawson is now one of the most powerful leaders in the city, as the new Los Angeles City Council President. He stepped into the position in September, two years after the council tape scandal shocked the city and the nation. Harris-Dawson speaks with Imperfect Paradise host Antonia Cereijido about the ongoing fallout from the scandal that could affect L.A.’s redistricting process, and he gets real about his top priority for the city, the L.A. 2028 Olympics, and the U.S. presidential election.

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0:41.0	This is imperfect paradise the show about the gap between the dream and reality.
0:45.7	I'm Antonia Sirejido.
0:47.8	We're continuing our conversations with notable Californians in the lead up to the US presidential election.
0:57.0	Next week, I'll be talking to Republican political strategist Mike Madrid about the elusive Latino vote. But today the new president of the
1:05.8	LA City Council Marquise Harris Dawson. Marquise Harris Dawson is our first
1:11.8	recurring guest on Imperfect Paradise.
1:14.0	He was first on this show a year ago, breaking down what happened during the LA City Council
1:18.0	tape scandal.
1:20.5	When the tapes leaked, he was one of two black council members.
1:23.6	He immediately called for the then president Nuri Martinez
1:27.2	to step down given the derogatory and racist comments
1:30.4	she made in the tape.
1:31.5	Here's Marquise talking to me last year about it.
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