LAist Studios Presents: Imperfect Paradise: Nury & The Secret Tapes: Part 4

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🗓️ 23 October 2023

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Summary

In the year since the L.A. City Council tape scandal, a lot has changed.

Efforts are underway to reform the redistricting process. Nury Martinez and Gil Cedillo are gone from the council. Only Kevin De León remains. Progressive shifts in the council are influencing its policies, and new elected members are working to forge a new way forward in L.A. This is the last episode of Nury & The Secret Tapes.

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0:00.0	In December 2020, a Latino couple was falsely accused by a white mom
0:04.2	influencer of attempting to kidnap her kids, but the innocent couple fight their
0:08.2	accuser for accountability. In Perfect Paradise People versus Karen
0:12.3	available now, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:17.0	You're listening to In Perfect Paradise from Alaya Studios.
0:23.5	I'm your host, Antonia Serajido.
0:25.5	This is the final part of our four-part series, Nury, and The Secret Tapes.
0:30.5	An exclusive look behind the scenes of the LA City Council tape scandal.
0:35.2	In the last episode, we challenged Nuri Martinez on the specific racist and demeaning comments
0:40.4	she made in the secret recording.
0:43.3	One of the things that did happen was this larger conversation
0:46.5	about how we talk about race in our communities.
0:50.6	And in many ways, I think that part of it is good like that we try to have a deal.
0:54.6	You know I wish I can dive more into that because what this has caused for me is I don't even know if I'm the right person to even have these conversations anymore.
1:04.3	In this episode, we examine the ways that the LA City Council has changed since the scandal
1:08.6	a year ago.
1:10.0	We talked to LA City Council members Unisies Hernandez, Ermandis, and Nithia Ramen, about the limits of
1:14.8	representational politics.
1:17.4	Time and time again, we've seen reflections of leaders who look like us who are supposed to represent us making decisions that
1:25.1	totally throw our communities under the bus. And their vision for the future of
1:30.6	progressive politics in LA.
1:33.2	That's coming up on Imperfect Paradise from Alaya Studios. It's been a year since the LA City Council tape scandal and in that time a lot has changed. There's an effort
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