Frank Stoltze covers criminal justice for the LAist newsroom.
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Jurado spoke to LAist while seated at her dining room table in Highland Park — a sort of informal campaign headquarters — and wearing sweatpants and her own campaign T-shirt. Because she was recovering from COVID-19, she was wearing a mask. In 2022, when the tapes surfaced, there were calls from a wide range of political and community leaders on De León to resign — including from President Joe Biden. But De León refused.In an interview with LAist earlier this year, he said he was “profoundly apologetic and deeply sorry to those I hurt.” He also said he should have stopped the conversation when racist comments were made by his colleague, former Council President Nury Martinez, who did resign.
“The safest cities in America invest in our youth, our recreation, our city services,” she said, criticizing the fact that a quarter of L.A.’s budget goes to the LAPD. Jurado said it “criminalizes homelessness” and “just shifts homeless people from one street to the next.” She no longer supports him because of his participation in the racist conversation caught on tape. She said she's surprised at the continuing support for him.
“When you say progressive, to my age, that’s scary,” said Rosa Rivas, 69, of the Garvanza area in Highland Park. Rivas is particularly concerned about Jurado’s desire to shift money away from police.On a recent Sunday morning, a group of about 75 people gathered outside the Highland Park Recreation Center to show their support for Jurado.
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