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Today, Explained

The Los Angeles city council meltdown

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

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. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The Los Angeles City Council held its regular Tuesday meeting today and we have to assume

0:05.9

it was very awkward for all involved because someone we don't know who leaked a year old

0:12.5

recording of three members of that council behind closed doors discussing redistricting.

0:17.8

A dry topic that could have been kept dry except the three of them made racist xenophobic

0:23.4

and homophobic comments about their constituents and their colleagues and also a colleague's

0:28.8

young son.

0:30.1

Nuri Martinez, the council's president resigned within days.

0:33.3

Gil Sadeo and Kevin De Leon are refusing to go despite calls for their resignations from

0:38.7

President Joe Biden's camp and Mayor Eric Garcetti.

0:42.2

The acting City Council president has stripped them of their committee assignments and still

0:47.1

they persist.

0:48.8

In doing so, they've managed to unite the off-divided city of Los Angeles.

0:53.3

Even anger but as we'll hear, that's something coming up on today's point.

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