Need a primer on what's going on with the L.A. City Council? Here's a quick look at who's who and where all 15 council members stand.
— engaged in a racist conversation and the kind of slimy backroom politicking that we usually see only in the movies.
But not everyone pays close attention to local politics, so you can be forgiven if some of these names, terms and concepts are unfamiliar. To start at the beginning, the L.A. City Council is the legislative body for the 4 million people living in the city of Los Angeles. That means one of its most basic functions is to create policy for the city, typically by passing ordinances. Martinez led the council as its president.Audio of Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo speaking with labor leader Ron Herrera quickly became a new and incendiary issue in the Nov. 8 election.
The council’s ordinances are approved or rejected by the city’s elected mayor. Currently, that’s Eric Garcetti, but there’s a
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