citizens to get driver’s licenses from the California Department of Motor Vehicles. He got elected to the Legislature in 1998, where he was known for his futile attempts to pass a law allowing people who were not U.S. Born in Los Angeles to immigrant parents, de Leon got his start organizing against Proposition 187, an ultimately unsuccessful initiative that sought to bar immigrants living in the country without legal permission from using state services.Ĭedillo rose to prominence as the leader of Los Angeles County’s largest union in the early 1990s, but he lost the job in a power struggle with the union’s board, the Los Angeles Times reported. Known simply as “KDL,” de Leon has been a force in California politics for decades. De Leon and Cedillo have not resigned, despite calls to do so from numerous groups and politicians, including President Joe Biden. Martinez resigned from the council Monday. The recording captured a crude conversation between the three council members and a powerful labor union leader that included language to mock their colleagues while discussing the city’s redistricting process.
Those careers are now in jeopardy as Kevin de Leon, Nury Martinez and Gil Cedillo face enormous backlash to comments, made nearly a year ago, that were revealed this week. LOS ANGELES (AP) - The three Los Angeles City Council members at the center of a scandal over a recording of racist comments have all had long, influential careers in state and local politics.
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