The secret taping of Nury Martinez and and Kevin de Leon verbally slamming a Black toddler with racist language adds a new scandal to the ethics-challenged L.A. City Council.
In July, 2022, the Los Angeles Daily News published a troubling look at the key corruption cases that have enveloped Los Angeles City Hall, the Los Angeles City Council, and the city’s Department of Water and Power, resulting in investigations by the FBI and Department of Justice that sent one council member to prison. Others await their court cases, are under investigation, or have been found guilty.
On June 27, 2022, the first in a series of prominent trials produced a guilty verdict in what federal authorities call a “pay-to-play” criminal enterprise in L.A. City Hall. The court found that developer Future trials are expected to focus on bigger players, including former City Councilman Jose Huizar, who prosecutors allege was the ringleader of a criminal operation within L.A.’s municipal government, along with top-level official Raymond Chan, who led the powerful Department of Building Safety and who prosecutors say was part of Huizar’s alleged enterprise..
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