LA City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson on the tape scandal fallout, homelessness, and the presidential election
Imperfect Paradise
LAist Studios
4.5 • 535 Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
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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| 0:34.1 | This is Imperfect Paradise, the show about the gap between the dream and reality. |
| 0:39.1 | I'm Antonia Zerejido. |
| 0:44.2 | We're continuing our conversations with notable Californians in the lead-up to the U.S. presidential election. |
| 0:50.4 | Next week, I'll be talking to Republican political strategist Mike Madrid about the elusive Latino vote. |
| 0:56.9 | But today, the new president of the L.A. City Council, Marquis Harris-Dossin. |
| 1:03.0 | Marquis Harris-Dossin is our first recurring guest on Imperfect Paradise. |
| 1:07.3 | He was first on this show a year ago, breaking down what happened during the LA City |
| 1:11.0 | Council tape scandal. |
| 1:13.3 | When the tapes leaked, he was one of two black council members. |
| 1:17.1 | He immediately called for the then-president Nuri Martinez to step down given the derogatory |
| 1:22.4 | and racist comments she made in the tape. |
| 1:25.5 | Here's Marquis talking to me last year about it. Two things have |
| 1:29.2 | been there that no one's really dealt with. Anti-Black sentiment among Latinos and other people |
| 1:35.1 | of color and frustration about Latino representation. Both those things have been there and there's not |
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