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"Particular race. So this is a trip to me because the people in the racist tape they're getting criticized for trying to consolidate quote Latino power at the expense of black representation. Here you have hero trashing a Latino candidate. David, what's up with that? Well, I think part of what you hear is this sort of weight your turn view, which really goes back to decades, right? The other thing I want to just point out is, again, these redistricting maps were about protecting their own power. They were trying to protect their own districts from losing assets. When you look at the actual final maps, the districts that were represented by black politicians, they're almost unchanged. So what they did do was they helped themselves and they hope their allies. And at that point, Mitchell Farrell was one of them. And now this push by Martinez and her allies to get more Latino political power on the council is basically squashed by themselves. She's out deals leaving delay on his persona non grata, especially by his fellow council members. Well, councilman marquise, you come to this from a different perspective, of course, you did have sort of a tense conversation. You described earlier in that first meeting with Kevin de Leon when he showed up. If he does and it sounds like he plans to show up, what would you say to him? You know, I pretty much done talking to mister de Leon for now. I think if he shows up, there's going to be a problem on the council floor. I hope that he doesn't show up. It's all pretty thorny. So the first thing to know is that Latinos are underrepresented in LA politics. And beyond the ugly racism we're hearing on tape, that's also a undercurrent that's very real. Latinos account for about half of the city population and make up just over a hair of a quarter of the council. Now, in terms of what's happening immediately in the wake of the Lake, I'm not sure anything happens to Latino power in the short term. And then the number of Latino council members could also potentially grow after the November election, if either Hugo sorta Martinez or Danielle Sandoval win their respective races. Now the quick caveat on special elections is that de Leon, who, again, has said he is not resigning. If for some reason he were to change his mind or he's recalled, his is a seat which includes parts of the east side and downtown where potentially a non Latino candidate could win. And then the third thing to know is that Latino power much like union power in LA is not monolithic. There is a very specific kind of Latino power being discussed on that tape. It's entrenched, establishment power that also is sort of synonymous with the personal power of the people who are talking. So for instance, let's say Hugo wins. He would not have been an ally to Martinez and the other council members. She's talking to on the tape. He's much further to the left. And his kind of closest allies on council besides for Hernandez, again, this is if Soto Martina is more to win, are not Latina. More, after the break. Californians have worked really hard to beat COVID-19. By doing the things we know work best, like getting vaccinated and boosted. Testing before and after travel, staying home when feeling sick, and wearing a mask when it can protect us and others. Let's continue to do our part to keep each other safer from COVID-19. When we work together, there's nothing we can overcome. Learn more, COVID-19, dot CA dot gov. Brought to you by the California department of public health. Here's a question. Is there anything that matters more to you than the safety of you and your loved ones? Of course not. So isn't it strange that many home security companies don't act that way? 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Julia David as we've been talking about, a struggle over powers really what's at the center of the LA council's latest debacle, but council members recently voted on two reform measures that could dilute their own power. Julia, what are those measures and why would they do something like that? This brings us back to the two things we were speaking about at the top of the podcast. The push to potentially make redistricting independent and the push to potentially increase the size of the LA city council. What council did when they voted on it was a very initial step. They essentially did the procedural equivalent of saying, hey, I'm interested in this. Go find out more about it and then report back to us. What they would have to do to move these things forward is go through a number of hoops in order to get it on the 2024 ballot, which would then send the questions to the voters to decide. So if those measures passed, David, how much does the power dynamic in Los Angeles change? I think that's a hard thing to answer because right now each council districts about 260,000 people, even if it's a 130,000 people, that's still quite a bit of power. Parallel to all this, I don't know if you notice, but at the state level, they're doing more and more things to actually take power over real estate development away from the council. And the funny thing to me is if anything really diminishes their power in that very moneyed arena, I think those kind of changes are the ones that will diminish their status and power. Finally, for the both of you, we think of the presidency in the United States as a Pinnacle of democracy, but local politics is what tends to truly govern our lives. So how damaging do each of you see what's happened in LA city hall, everything we've talked about today to people's faith in their local representatives, because on one hand, everyone that I know is sickened by what's going on in LA, even if they're not in LA, but they're also paying attention to things like redistricting, another topics in a way I've never seen. So maybe that's a reason to hope people will be more engaged in politics and democracy at least. I mean, we haven't really pulled the public on the council itself. You know what I mean? So I don't think we have a precise sense of the voters use their own representatives. I would say before the audio was kind of split. So I mean, in June, which was our primary here in LA, you had three incumbents, bob blumenthal, Monica Rodriguez, current price, they all easily won reelection. And in fact, current price, he is a black councilman who represents a four fifths Latino district. And on the audio, you hear nurri Martinez, you know, working hard to try and protect him and make sure he wins reelection. It's a really major facet of that audio. On the other hand, gill senior lost in June as Julia mentioned, Mitchell Farrell is obviously in great
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We know that Nouri Martinez the former LA city council president, she resigned from the council and there's large calls for Kevin de Leon and Gil se dio, the other council members in the tape to step down, but they haven't. Julia, can the council simply remove LA on and deal? No. There does not appear to be any legal mechanism for them to remove fellow council members, which by the way is probably a good thing because we don't really want a situation where there's one unpopular council member and the rest of the group can kind of just vote to get them off. But it does create some problems right now. And they've been stripped of their committee assignments, by the way, most of their committee assignments. But they're still on council. We do have provisions in the city charter to suspend a council member, but it's only when criminal charges are pending. Cedillo lost his reelection bid in June to a challenger named AU niece's Hernandez. And so he is already will be out in December because of that. So there's really very little to happen in between now and then. However, daily own is term extends until 2024. And so really the only way short of him resigning for him to leave before then would be if there was a successful recall attempt to recall him from office. Yeah, that would be hard because de Leon has a lot of political power. He was the former head of the California state Senate and a former assembly member, but David if the Leon stays on the council, would be the repercussions of that. Well, I think it depends on how successful his redemption tour goes. I mean, he's basically embarked on a sort of publicity blitz where he's talking to a number of different TV hosts, radio interviewers. And he has about as deep a hill as I can think of to climb to get back into the public's graces. People have short memories in LA on all sorts of political things. And I think we're going to have to see if he's able to somehow edge his way back into the civic society. And for the record, he has not yet spoken to the LA times, right? Not to me. That is accurate. Not to any of us. So David and Julia, all these scandals, federal indictments, corruption allegations, racist tapes. They happen as LA faces huge issues like the economy, housing, homelessness, but with no real consensus from the city council on what the answers should be and residents have not forgotten about that. Why can't you just provide housing? You want to keep people safe. You want to keep our children safe? Give us housing speakers. So that was obviously general. Speaker expansion of 41 18. So even before the leak, the midterms were shaping up to be a referendum of source on how the council would approach problems in the city, David, how does the leak change their approach? I think what's happening in the short term is really there are about style. I mean, I think that there will be some policy shifts, but really the most immediate thing you could see was how the meetings are actually conducted. So for example, nurri Martinez, she was the council president, her style was like hammer. So she was very strict about having public comment limited to 30 minutes. That's all you got. You're done. Since the audio became public, they've allowed every commenter to have their say. Good morning. There are a lot of people here. That need to be heard today. A lot of people have come to this chambers because they need to be heard. The testimony, it's like gone on for hours. This whole thing is racist, the fact that they had the audacity to sit here in front of the people that they mocked that they minimized that they demonized that they marginalized is unacceptable. So this week, the council is going to move to a sort of hybrid format for public testimony where they're going to allow both in person comment and people to call in, something nerdy did not allow. So you can see there's kind of this sort of glasnost almost in terms of their interactions with the public that I find really interesting. And I think we're going to see some policy things come down the pike, sort of the most immediate reaction to how they do business. And Julia, how does the leak shift the makeup of the city council? You mentioned earlier that said, they already lost to a nieces Hernandez, who's more progressive. How are the other council races shaping up? The first thing to kind of know is there's the immediate question of what is the leak do in the last month of the election? But the broader kind of phenomenon to be watching is a progressive movement that has been building power in our life for several years. Hernandez's victory in June absolutely spoke to that as they had counseled my burden in the ramens victory in 2020 when she ousted an incumbent. That's two incumbents outstanding in two years. In the past, ousting a city hall incumbent was something that was seen as not impossible, but pretty close to it really hard to do. And so right now we're looking at a moment where all of the energy around the leak and anger at the establishment could potentially be a pretty real boon to these progressive candidates. Speaking of that, there was another audio tape leaked, the former LA county federation of labor president Ron Herrera, and here he's talking about one of those progressive candidates. He's a longtime activist and labor union organizer who's running against incumbent Mitchell Farrell. I want to make sure that we protect niche. Allies because this guy is this guy is your opponent. He's probably got what? The one I know and the one I don't know. I think another thing about Herrera's remarks is that in this race, in the Hollywood district, Mitchell Farrell has been very pro cop. He's talked about wanting to hire more police officers. His opponent, Hugo, Soto Martinez, has talked about fewer cops and diverting money away from the police department. And the thing you need to know about Ron Herrera is he's a teamster and teamsters themselves, they represent cops. So it's not a complete surprise to me that he would feel sort of some affinity for micho Farrell in this
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"Disgrace Los Angeles councilwoman, nori Martinez announces leave of absence of men amid the scandal over the leaked racist remarks. You guys heard about this Los Angeles councilwoman nury Martinez announced she is taking a leave of absence Tuesday amid ongoing calls for her resignation after a recording revealing racist and offensive remarks was released over the weekend. You guys may have heard them. I certainly did. This has been one of the most difficult times of my life. She says, and I recognize this is entirely of my own making. The statement was released ahead of Los Angeles city council meeting that was scheduled for Tuesday at 10 a.m. at this moment. She continued, I need to take a leave of absence and take some time to have an honest and heartfelt conversation with my family, my constituents and community leaders, Martinez stepped down from her role as they counsel president on Monday, but did not leave her seat on the council, which has prompted backlash among those who won her out. LA city council president resigns after the racist remarks again, were revealed. Mike bonin, who was one of the targets of Martinez's comments, has been joined by Los Angeles mayor Eric garcetti, U.S. senator Alex Padilla and many others in calling for her resignation. I don't know why people are surprised because Democrats are a systemically racist party. Doesn't surprise, I grew up in Los Angeles. I've heard I can tell you, honestly, I've heard the N word a couple of times. From white people, the direct to me at that directed it at me. I've heard it. I heard it about 200 times, if not more, when it came to the feuds between blacks and Latinos when I was going to school. It just doesn't surprise me. And then to add to it, it doesn't surprise me that a Democrat would say it. It just doesn't surprise me.
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It's a city with a long history of racial tensions. This year we marked the 30th anniversary of the LA riots. But what we heard from Martinez a deal de Leon, the whole conversation also with her era, how much of it is a reflection of where LA stands right now on race. I feel like you're in a better position to reflect on that than I am, man. Take that question for yourself. I should answer it. Sure. What strikes me the most is that there's groups individuals who have been fighting for so long to do black and brown unity and to try to get us past those like petty fights of the past and get us to a better place and you see this. Those people are so dispirited and frankly so pissed off, but what also strikes me though is just how unified the derision is, against those folks, all of that, I mean, there's so many problems to deal with, but there is that hope that's like, wow, this is actually a moment where LA instead of where people are trying to stoke those flames, maybe this is a way to say like, we're not with that anymore. I mean, I definitely see it with younger Latinos, you know, like universes who beat quesadilla who has been calling out anti blackness in the Latino community and that next generation. So it's like, I'm glad people are as angry as they are. I would add one thing that I picked up in this, I'm a relative newcomer to this city. I've lived here for like 7 years. You're a Yankees fan. I'm a Yankees fan. You remind me every time I come on this podcast. But during this recorded conversation, Kevin de Leon keeps saying about Mike bonnan, as they're saying these racist things about his kid, he's from Massachusetts. He's from Massachusetts. You know, Mike Bonnett has lived here for decades. When he worked for tons of political leaders in California, there's also a measure of gatekeeping, I think, about California and what is LA and who represents it. And much of that, I think, stems from a well founded feeling of being excluded for so long. But this is a city that is evolving and changing and new people showing up all the time. And I think that so much of this conversation that we hear is the most blunt discussion of how to preserve what people have gained. And that is something that I can't get past or like I just keep coming back to. And this conversation at leaked just weeks before important election, not just nationally, but especially in Los Angeles. So what are going to be any potential consequences for that? Oh, it's such a good question. I could see a cutting any number of different ways. Let's just lay it out. Karen Bass has been endorsed by Mary Martinez. The entire labor movement basically of the city with the exception of the police and fire unions. But Rick Russo has been supported by Gil se dio. And very quickly on Sunday. We heard from brick saying, this sums up what I've been saying about this city and how messed up and broken and screwed up the culture is of it. It's rotten to the core and I a billionaire mall owner of all things. I'm here to fix it. I think it could really end up fueling that anti incumbent sense. That we all hear on the streets, people mad about homelessness. At the same time, though, there's a world where a unifying voice, a person like Karen Bass, who is known as a creator of coalitions, could maybe be that sort of person who can take the temperature down and what people want right now. It should be stated that both Caruso and bass on Monday called for all of these people to step down. But we're less than a month from election day. So, you know, I'll be interested to see, does Rick Russo cut an ad that includes audio of nurri Martinez along with a photo of her and Karen Bass. I'll be interested to see how Karen interacts with the Latino community. So I'm not sure yet where this goes. This was a Scud missile landing at city hall and sending shrapnel in 88 different directions. Finally, Ben, whether or not these three council members stepped down over the leaked audio, the council, their colleagues, are going to have to do a lot of work turn back the trust and respect of basically everyone in Los Angeles, how lasting is the damage from this incident. God, I mean, very, very long-lasting. I mean, we're going to have a new mayor. We're going to have a new city council president. And we're going to have several new members of the city council. If these people step down, it could really change the sort of coalitions that exist left and right on the council. If we have a special election that needs to occur in these places, if these people do step down it's like, we don't even know who's going to be on the city council by the end of the week. I mean, there's real real anger and I don't know that her
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"To times. Hey man, how you doing? I'm good, man. I'm good. Thanks for asking. I hope you're good too, man. A lot of work right now, you know? So we heard some of what was discussed on this tape, but what are some of the other low lights and the context behind all of this? The best way I can think about it, it's that sense that you know there's a smoke filled room where they're making these choices and you know that it's this incredibly crass way that they often think about things, but this is that moment where we get to see and hear and it almost feel like smell what is happening inside of that room. If you want to cut a deal and if you want, if you want to make laws moves, I would go after the airport. Go get the airport from his little brother, a little bit funny. All of this is being had in the context of just the politics of that moment, that was last year. In October, almost exactly a year ago, councilman markedly Thomas had just been indicted, they're in the midst of this huge fight over redistricting, and they're all meeting together inside the LA county federation of labor. And what we hear is a discussion of redistricting and a whole lot else. I get what we have to do, right? Just massage to create districts that benefit you all. And the future. But we got to figure out mark's seat too. If the African Americans look at this, now that he may or may not be suspended, I don't know what's going to happen. And obviously, there are just all of these terribly racist and politically incendiary things said by Mary Martinez, former council president. And now former council president, council members, Kevin de Leon, and quesadilla along with the head of the LA county federation of labor, Ron Herrera. But there's also this conversation about politics in the city. And so you have these observations being made and then on top of them you have these incredibly racist remarks about Mike Bonham's son who is black. I go, I go, why is that? What's wrong? And I said, why don't you just grab that guy? Can I draw the same thing? Basically, we hear a nurri Martinez use a Spanish term calling him a little monkey. The kid is bouncing off the F and walls on the floor. Practically tipping it over. There's nothing you can do to control him by looking at each other because we're the three women on the floor like this because they tip us over. Hanging on the rails. We can't let them let them off. Spectators will be to that. Which I was like, this kid is a beat down. Like, let me take him around the corner and then I'll bring him back. Yeah. So anyways, getting back to me this week. And then also hearing them sort of talk about this kid as if he were a political prop and one member Kevin de Leon sort of comparing him to one of nuri's handbags. It's an accessory. When we do this, I want Karen. And then when we're going back or the Louis Vuitton bank. That whole conversation kind of makes your eyes pop out of your head considering this is a person who they have VM in political disagreements with to be clear and don't even like him personally, I can tell you, but his son, it's crazy. Yeah, he was just a toddler at the time. And so you mentioned that the conversation happened a year ago and we're obviously just learning about it when the times broke the story over this past weekend, but what do we know about how it was recorded and who leaked it? Well, we don't know a whole lot, frankly. We know it was posted on Reddit and then taken down before it was posted, someone sent it to us, the audio files, we don't know the Reddit user's name. The LA county federation of labor sent us a letter, early Sunday morning, saying this conversation was recorded quote in violation of California's privacy and recording laws on LA county federation of labor property unquote. And if we published it, quote, it is condoning this legal contact. Obviously we thought that was ridiculous argument and went with it. But what we do know is that it's clear that the person who had initially posted it has some gripes with the labor movement in the city, they posted in their original message quote, the labor movement is in bed with city hall. You know what happens, but when you actually hear it, it's unbelievable. I think we all sort of had a similar feeling. But yeah, so that is where much of our reporting now is taking us. We're digging into this. But we know that it occurred about exactly a year ago. During Martinez ex-president of LA city council, her comments are what's drawing the most attention, but who is she? What's her story? She's a fascinating character. She is a child of the San Fernando valley and not just the San Fernando valley, but the northeast San Fernando valley, which it's one of the poorest parts of the city. And it's an area that has transformed over the last 30, 40 years. I actually had lunch with nurri, a week ago, Saturday. Before this tape came out, in her neck of the Woods at a Mexican restaurant, we had micheladas together. And we were there because nuri had been a big endorser of the mayoral candidate Karen Bass. And I was out there to talk to her about why so many people in her district were supporting Rick Caruso. But in the course of that conversation, I also got a real insight into her. I learned about her family. She's the child of immigrants, both of whom came to America in the 70s. Her father was deported the year she was born and snuck back in, came back into America. Is a member of a very powerful sort of political machine that includes senator Alex Padilla, Luz rivas, Tony cardi Ness. Many of them went to high school together in San Fernando high, but they are all very connected to the unions. She worked in activism, particularly an environmental activism. She was later a member of the school board, and then in, I think it was 2013 as elected to the city council becoming city council president in 2020. Her whole worldview is shaped by where she is from. And who she is. So much about her personality is about the sense that her communities working class communities are forgotten. And that white people don't pay attention to them. And they are not part of the conversation nor the policy considerations of the city. And we saw that most in how she talked about homelessness as something that was afflicting communities of color. I just think that that is such a good insight into her worldview. And what about the other people who were in the recording council members Gil se dio and also Kevin de Leon and LA county labor fed. President Ron Herrera, what should we know about them and what were they saying? Most of the time. Kevin de Leon, former mayoral candidate lost in the primary former state Senate pro tem and ran against dianne Feinstein in the Senate race had been a very left of center, Democrat, ran for mayor and lost, but very powerful figure in the city and state, many thought he would run for a difference that stay what office in the future. Gil se dio, a former labor leader, had represented much of westlake area and highland park along with Chinatown. He actually lost his primary in June. And that is sort of interesting because it's discussed and they really underestimate his opponent and we sort of hear them talking and they go, who is that person speaking of unisys Hernandez, who kind of spanked him in that primary, also interesting about studio as he had recently endorsed Rick Caruso, sort of was one of the few elected leaders and one of the few Latinos to back Caruso's candidacy. And then finally, there's Ron Herrera who ran the LA county federation of labor until he stepped down over all of this
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"In the picture in campaigning in a way that former presidents almost never do. How does that complicate things for your side? Yeah, he's not terribly popular either, and he has a unique property. He can motivate people to vote for and against whatever it is he's for. So it remains to be seen on who's a more potent vote getter or vote Turner offer in Pennsylvania. But he does complicate the picture, no question. Scott Jennings is a Republican strategy, solves a pleasure talking with you. Thanks so much. Thanks, Steve. See you. And now to Los Angeles, where some of the most powerful names in Latino politics are caught in a racist scandal. Three city council members were caught on a leak to recording talking about the state of Latino political power and saying racist things, a warning, I'm about to repeat some of what was said to convey just how awful it was. The now former president of the Los Angeles city council nori Martinez, she stepped down from that position over this has heard using the term little darkie to describe the black son of a white city council member. She goes on to describe him as an accessory and a quote little monkey, but to other council members present don't stop her, they participate in the conversation as does a top labor leader in LA. The city's mayor Eric garcetti and others are calling on Martinez and the two other council members to give up their seats. For more on this, we're now joined by Gustavo ariano. He's an LA times columnist and wrote a scathing column about all this. Good morning Gustavo. Good morning. So I just want to start with what you were thinking when you first heard this recording. Disgusted. I mean, when you are hearing words that you know are racist, I've been around and you hear more and more insults. And these are elected officials. Some of the most powerful Latinos in the country, you're just absolutely disgusted and you think what on earth are you saying and why? And if you hear the tape, it gets worse and worse and worse. What are the wider implications here? I mean, you write in your column, this isn't small town politics here, and as you said, these four people are some of the most powerful politicians in the country, what are the big implications here? There is no trust right now of the political system in Los Angeles and the city council. This is a city council where you've had other council members indicted. Other council members with scandals. And now you have the supposed liberal, even on the left leaders, Democrats caught up in stuff that you throw at Donald Trump that you throw at Republicans. Like, how good of a politician can you be if you're using that exact same rhetoric in many cases worse? Now, you point out the question of Latino representation, which was being discussed at this meeting is legit in a city that's almost half Latino. And only has about a third of the council. But this using racist remarks attacking black people basically is not the way. No, this is a city that has long had racial tensions between black and Latinos and this helps nothing at all. And it's also goes counter though to recent movements in just recently of politicians, Latinos saying like we need to make coalitions with our black council members because the population is getting smaller and smaller. So you respect what they've done in the past. They throw it all the way. And by the way, there's also insults against oaxacans, Latinos themselves calling this Martinez calling them ugly and small and short. There is insults against Armenians, LGBT folks, everything. Oh, no one was spared. It sounds like. So how does that impact these coalitions, all this coalition building as you point out has been happening in the recent years about overlapping interests? How does that then impact those coalition building? The silver lining is that everyone is discussed. There is so little support for nurri Martinez Kevin de Leon, Gil sedile, run her, the labor leader he resigned. And you have a younger generation of Latino politicians who have been fighting this old guard for the past couple of years and saying see, what did we tell you? Now it's our turn, but I have been following Latino politics in Southern California for decades in terms of at least reading it. And this is something that happens again and again, old guard falls down to Newgarden comes up, say, never again, and then it happens again. Now the four people involved in this conversation that were on this tape. They've apologized. But what do you think, what else needs to happen in this case? They all need to go. I mean, they will not just last night in LA city hall. There was a vigil, I slept at 11 o'clock at night, and there was bands, there was candlelights or speeches. People are not going to let this go at all. Remember, there were only what three days away from the release of this. Right. It's not going to go. The last question before you go in a few seconds, we have left. Is there recovering from the lack of trust? You're going to have to talk to a lot of people. The fact that the Democratic Party of Los Angeles County is asking them, you have to step down. U.S. senator Alex Padilla who was the mentor to Nouri Martinez saying you have to step down everyone's telling them. But this ruins politics, especially Latino political power for years, if not a long time. I'm not a politician. I don't see what's going to happen but I know they're going to try. LA times columnist Gustavo ariano, thank you so much for your time. This is NPR news
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"nurri martinez" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"In the picture and campaigning in a way that former presidents almost never do. How does that complicate things for your side? Yeah, he's not terribly popular either, and he has a unique property. He can motivate people to vote for and against whatever it is he's for. So it remains to be seen on who's a more potent vote getter or vote Turner offer in Pennsylvania. But he does complicate the picture, no question. Scott Jennings is a Republican strategy, solves a pleasure talking with you. Thanks so much. Thanks, Steve. See you. And now to Los Angeles, where some of the most powerful names in Latino politics are caught in a racist scandal. Three city council members were caught on a leak to recording talking about the state of Latino political power and saying racist things, a warning, I'm about to repeat some of what was said to convey just how awful it was. The now former president of the Los Angeles city council nori Martinez, she stepped down from that position over this has heard using the term little darkie to describe the black son of a white city council member. She goes on to describe him as an accessory and a quote little monkey, but two other council members present don't stop her. They participate in the conversation as does a top labor leader in LA. The city's mayor Eric garcetti and others are calling on Martinez and the two other council members to give up their seats. For more on this, we're now joined by Gustavo ariano. He's an LA times columnist and wrote a scathing column about all this. Good morning Gustavo. Good morning. So I just want to start with what you were thinking when you first heard this recording. Disgusted. I mean, when you are hearing words that you know are racist, I've been around and you hear more and more insults. And these are elected officials. Some of the most powerful Latinos in the country, you're just absolutely disgusted and you think what on earth are you saying and why? And if you hear the tape, it gets worse and worse and worse. What are the wider implications here? I mean, you write in your column this isn't small town politics here, and as you said, these four people are some of the most powerful politicians in the country, what are the big implications here? There is no trust right now of the political system in Los Angeles and the city council. This is a city council where you've had other council members indicted. Other council members wouldn't scandals. And now you have the supposed liberal even on the left leaders, Democrats caught up in stuff that you throw at Donald Trump that you throw at Republicans. Like, how good of a politician can you be if you're using that exact same rhetoric in many cases worse? Now, you point out the question of Latino representation, which was being discussed at this meeting is legit in a city that's almost half Latino. And only has about a third of the council. But this using racist remarks attacking black people basically is not the way. No, this is a city that has long hand racial tensions between black and Latinos and this helps nothing at all. And it's also goes counter though to recent movements in just recently of politicians, Latino saying like we need to make coalitions with our black council members because the population is getting smaller and smaller. So you respect what they've done in the past. They throw it all the way. And by the way, there's also insults against oaxacans, Latinos themselves, calling them visionary Martinez calling them ugly and small and sure. There's insults against Armenians, LGBT folks, everything. Oh, no one was spared. It sounds like. So how does that impact these coalitions, all this coalition building as you point out has been happening in the recent years about overlapping interests? How does that then impact those coalition building? The silver lining is that everyone is discussed. There is so little support for nurri Martinez Kevin de Leon, Gil sedile, run her, the labor leader he resigned. And you have a younger generation of Latino politicians who have been fighting this old guard for the past couple of years and saying, see, what did we tell you? Now it's our turn, but I have been following Latino politics in Southern California for decades in terms of at least reading it. And this is something that happens again and again, old guard falls down the new guard comes up, say, never again, and then it happens again. Now the four people involved in this conversation that were on this tape. They've apologized. But what do you think, what else needs to happen in this case? They all need to go. I mean, they will not just last night in LA city hall. There was a vigil, I slept at 11 o'clock at night and there was bands, there was candlelights or speeches. People are not gonna let this go at all. Remember, there were only what three days away from the release of this. Right. It's not gonna go. The last question before you go in a few seconds, we have love. Is there recovering from the lack of trust? You're going to have to talk to a lot of people. The fact that the Democratic Party of Los Angeles County is asking them, you have to step down. U.S. senator Alex Padilla who was the mentor to Nouri Martinez saying you have to step down everyone's telling them. But this ruins politics, especially Latino political power for years, if not a long time. I'm not a politician. I
The Officer Tatum Show
Kanye West Banned From Twitter, Instagram
"So Kanye West came out and said that Jewish people were controlling P diddy. And he believed, and I'm not saying this is true or not. He believed that Instagram instantly took his post down and shadow banned him or something of that nature on Instagram. And so he then went on a tyrant about Jewish people in the control of Jews and stuff like this and of course he went to a point in which people can perceive that to be anti semitic. However, what I'm saying, all I'm saying is that it's interesting that if you were to say Christians are controlling the certain people, a Christian, I mean, you could talk, you say whatever, give you a opinion about Christian, you could say Christians ought to reason that this country is going downhill fast. I want you all to listen to what I'm saying. You can say Christians are the reason this country is falling apart. I can't stand Christians. They all hypocrites. If you were to say that about Jewish people, I don't think it's your career last, any genre where you conservative or you liberal. I'm telling you, the view they say stuff about black people, they say stuff about white people, they say stuff all day long. I mean, it's absolutely, it makes you want to vomit, listen to what they say about people every single day. They're just heartless, they're a bunch of heartless women on that show. Just bash and passion everybody. But they said something about the Holocaust. And whoopee cushion almost lost her job. She had to come out and make a fake apology. And somehow it was accepted.
The Officer Tatum Show
When Protecting Your Home, Shoot First, Be Nice Later
"Can somebody give him like a Nobel Peace Prize? I don't know, I don't even know if that's the right prize to give, but I absolutely love that he just says it like it is. Everybody so afraid I shouldn't say that. Maybe I shouldn't say to shoot a person. It's not right to shoot people. Maybe people shouldn't get. Now man, listen, I come from a different cloth man. Somebody is brazen enough to break in your house. And potentially kill you. I mean, it's not like they breaking your house and you're like, hey, wait a minute, before you come through to the living room. Are you here to kill us? Are you here to steal our things? Are you here? Choose C for all of the above. What are you here for? You don't get a chance to do that. And people who are doing the thugging, they should reasonably know that, you know, they shouldn't be in your house. And there's a possibility they may get shot in their endeavors to steal rob you and pillage you at your most vulnerable moment. And for a sheriff to say, shoot them. And turn them into greater cheese. It's like, thank God somebody is not a coward. And want to say the PC stuff. And he's actually saying exactly where you feel.
The Officer Tatum Show
The Genius of the Trump Leverage
"Donald Trump came to Arizona yesterday. I didn't go to the rally because taught at going to the rallies. I love Trump. I can watch it on television. The rally, the rallies are a production. Now, I'll say this. If you haven't been to a Donald Trump rally, you should go to one. Hands down, you need to experience it at least one time in your life. If you been to three of them, you might as well have been to all of them. Because they are long and Donald Trump is like a rapper. He show up late, and he stay late. So if you don't want to tear, don't go that. They just watch an old TV. You're here the same thing. But if you have never been had the energy of all these patriotic conservatives together, I mean, it's something you do not want to miss. You have to at least do it once. So he was in the state. He was in Arizona. I think it mesa, people turned out there. It was an amazing event, like it is always. Just know you're going to stay late. However, I'm saying that to say the leverage in the influence that Trump has in the political climate today is impressive. And it's funny because he has not, he hasn't declared yet if he was going to run for president in 2024.
The Officer Tatum Show
Boston Children's Hospital Says Babies Know Their Gender
"Boston children's hospital made the suggestion. We wrote it here on the Tatum report. Steve, popper, one of our writers with the table report. Wrote that or at least wrote the article exposing the fact that Boston's children's hospital said that babies in the womb know they are chance gendered. Do you know how crazy that is? That this hospital. And the person I'm going to read, I'm going to read the quote. Where's her quote? Let's see. I got to find her quote on here somewhere. Boston shares a hospital. It was a video that was promoted. I got a finer quote on this piece of paper that I'm looking at. It's all scattered on here. But she literally alluded to the fact that children in the womb are when they're born no that they are transgender. If you think I'm crazy, go look this article up and go look up the research of people saying this in the community of thought that somehow children know that they're trends, even before birth, which is even crazier. And then after birth, when they're like one or two years old, somehow these doctors are putting out there that these children know that they're transsexual.
The Officer Tatum Show
Democrats Have Hurt the Black Community
"Now, associated with this voting propaganda is this app. It's the same app that was in juvenile name video. It's the same app. It's called BLK. It's like black. It's a dating app. And as you heard little saucy Santana say that they talking about raiding people talking about if you want to hook up swipe, it's kind of like Tinder, but for black folks. Now, I know some people ain't gonna want to hear me say this, but y'all need to pipe down, okay? Because when you talk about HIV transmission you talk about sexually transmitted disease, you talk about it. I don't want a children abortions and out of wet life first. Black people y'all leading. Maybe we should have an app, the suggest or encourage fathers to be in the kid's life. Maybe we should have an app to teach you how to put your helmet on before you go to a football game. So you don't end up with children that you don't want. Or so you don't end up with what we call STDs, which you don't want and you can't get rid of. But instead of us talking about things and being productive in the black community, we're selling sexuality, and I'm not, it's not every black person. Y'all, this listen to you perfect. You are a perfect black person. I'm talking about somebody else listening to the view or listening to Charlemagne and on a radio. But why can't we have things that are productive for the community, instead of pitching stupidity? Because the voting propaganda in a vaccine propaganda is pushed by the Democrats. And the Democrats have done nothing for your community. We should maybe have a rap video talking about stop shooting each other. Maybe that'll be the case.
The Officer Tatum Show
Trina and Saucy Santana Declare "No Voting No V**king"
"Y'all remember juve a juvenile. If you listen to rap music juvenile with the hot boys, him, Manny fresh came out with a song that was for the vaccine. It was like, what was it? Vex that thing up. That's what it was. You a big 5 woman, won't you vex that thing up? Girl, who was you playing with vax that thing up now? The real song say back that thing up. And the real song that's not edited is say some stuff I can't say on the radio. However, juvie sold his soul to the devil to make that vaccination video. And then, now we got Trina and another person who I never heard of. Precisely. They going to hell. And it's three chains and girl you looking still want your facts they think I'm using handsome young brother want your facts they thank you. Now ladies and gentlemen, I want you to understand that the lyrics to the real lyrics to that song is very, very derogatory. That's that thing up is the PG version of what they really saying. I gotta find that guy's name. I don't know a little Trina in little saucy Santana. Now, tell me you don't have a dad, you didn't have your father in your life. Without telling me you didn't have a father in your life, Trina and saucy Santana. Now, saucy Santana is like a dude that's just like a girl, but still look like a dude with a beard, but have a dress on and walk around twisting like he got ants in his pants. Somehow they then made a song about voting. No voting, no fucking. So what they're essentially saying, and I'm gonna play the video. Can we have to edit it? I don't know how long it took us to edit the words out, but we did. They're saying, if you don't vote, you can't have you can't have promiscuous sex with me or a trainer. You can't have sex with us if you don't vote. So they're leveraging your vote with sex.
The Officer Tatum Show
Nury Martinez Has Resigned As LA City Council President
"Let's start out with racism. Racism. Teeth Democrats. God. You know, it's often interesting to me. That Democrats are the ones who are claiming that they support black and brown bodies. And all of the stuff y'all hear them say. But yet they are the biggest secret racist folks on Planet Earth. And let me give you a news flash. I want on a flash of news for you real quick. Pow, I want you to I want you to get the news. That white people's racism against black people. In my opinion, is less prevalent than Hispanic against black. See, people that never grew up in a black neighborhood, I didn't grow up in Hispanic neighborhood. You may not be aware of this. But Mexican people in black people don't get along like that. When I was growing up, there was certain words that people that I grew up around, black people would call Mexican people. And it has something to do with their back and it has something to do with water. And what happens if you put water on somebody's back? What does it leave you back? Okay, that's exactly what we used to call people when I was growing up. And the Mexican people stayed on their side, black people stayed on their side, and it was literally no love for the other side in the community. And so for people to just sit and think that black people and white people are the only ones with conflict, you're missing out. Why do you say this, mister Tatum? Because this Democrat, I think, is Martinez, she had to resign as the president of the Los Angeles city council, a day after she was caught on audio, a saying some racist stuff about a white man on the city council in his black son. Now let me just say this. You don't slip and say racist stuff, right? You don't slip and say somebody's kid look like a monkey. And that he's on the side of the blacks. He's with the blacks. That's what she said. He's with the blacks. This is not a misinterpretation of her true intentions, right? It's not like saying, oh man, look at the little monkey. He look like a little monkey and you're just saying he's cute and he's lovable. He's climbing over his mom and dad. Okay, he looks like a monkey. Only racist people believe black people are associated with monkeys. However, if somebody said that and they were misinterpreted, I could see that being a point. But she said that the kid looked like a monkey, F him, he's with the blacks, meaning that there's a conflict between them and us.
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"nurri martinez" Discussed on WABE 90.1 FM
"Answers to how they can rebuild their life in Florida. For here and now, I'm Catherine Welch. In Los Angeles, the city council president Democrat nuri Martinez has resigned after audio leaked of her racist comments disparaging a black child of a colleague and indigenous Mexican immigrants. The recording was posted to Reddit anonymously by someone now suspended. Martinez was speaking with two other council members and a labor leader, discussing how political districts should be redrawn to increase Latino political power. She and others in the conversation have apologized. And before the resignation, we spoke with Gustavo arellano, columnist for the LA times. This conversation happened in October of last year when the LA city council was in the process of really fierce redistricting battle and there was news at the time that black council member Mark Ridley Thomas that he was facing federal bribery charges. So the four people in the conversation, you mentioned Nouri Martinez, you got two other council members, Gil Seville, and Kevin de Leon, and then you had Ron Herrera, who's the head of the LA labor county federation. And they were angry. You know, within the conversation, they're like, we feel that our fellow council members are trying to take away Latino political power. What can we do about it? And as I wrote in a column, that's a perfectly fair and honest conversation to have, but it's just how they said it and where it veered off to that has so many people angry and furious, frankly. I mean, it was overtly and blatantly racist. Yeah. Oh my God. You're hearing you try as a reporter not to be shocked, but you're hearing it and you keep gasping more and more and more. It's like, it's anti black, yeah? It's anti black. It's makes fun of Korea town. Out of nowhere. Nori Martinez mexicana starts ridiculing oaxacans. Oaxacans are from the state of Oaxaca in south Mexico. In Mexico and in the United States, they're ridiculed for their indigenous heritage and she's talking about these short, dark people, and you're hearing all of this. You're ridiculing and probably the most notorious snippet is calling a black boy, the son of council member Mike bonin slurs. I don't even think I could say on NPR, but they're just horrendous. Absolutely horrendous. And she also says she's critical of the parenting of this child and says that she would take this child the sight and give him a quote beat down. Remember, this is the president of the LA city council, the second largest city in the United States. But I also want to say Gustavo sorry that these folks are some of the most powerful Latino politicians in the country as well because they have a lot of power in California. It's a disgrace and an embarrassment. These are the people who are supposedly advocating for Latinos. The Latinos are supposedly advocating for they are angry. We are not this. And at the same time though, what I focused on is just the casual racism because as we're saying this, they're laughing, gilsa dio kind of makes a swipe back Kevin de Leon's own short stature. He's Guatemalan and guatemalans also get that same ridicule among Mexicans for their stature and their complexions. And they're perfectly fine, and that really speaks to the casual racism that is very much a part of the Latino experience in the United States and I'll say of the Mexican American experience in the United States. And the thing I saw, you point out, is also the classism that these folks in talking about the oaxacans, even those in koreatown, speak to that. They're making fun, not just of the stature, but then someone says, oh, now they have shoes, and then they come from these little villages, and it actually knew what the complexion of the oaxacan community in Los Angeles is. They're the people who have multiple businesses. They're the ones who overcame the racism of both Mexico and the United States to start one of the most vibrant, strongest communities among Mexicans. And oaxacans are almost never mentioned in terms of political power, much of the detriment of the Latino political structure. Well, guess what? Now you woke up community. It's not going to take these insults lightly. So, you know, most of my Twitter feed is full of Latinos in Los Angeles decrying this. And really talking about the anti black, the colorism, the classism, in the Latino community, do you think is something good maybe that can come out of this? It was already happening. You do have a new generation of Latinos who are calling out the classism and colorism and having making us older folks have these difficult conversations. And it's funny because you see a backlash to the backlash saying, oh, you know, nurri Martinez didn't really say anything racist. It's just stuff that we say. People are making a big deal out of it, which is actually further confirming the racism they did do. So you have a new also generation of Latino politicians. There's a councilwoman who beat gilsa deal immediately said neuro Martinez needs to go. You have other candidates just decrying what still is called the chicano saurus class. So in other words, the dinosaurs of chicano generation who are still holding on to power do not want to give it to a more progressive folks. And so that's going to be the next power structure. It's like we saw once and for all laid bare just how some of these people talk and the younger folks are like, no, if this is Latino
Leo Laporte
Biden nominates Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as ambassador to India
"U. S ambassador to India. Garcetti, leader of the country's second largest city, was nominated by President Biden yesterday If he leaves office to take the job L A City Council president Nury Martinez would become acting mayor until the interim mayor is named or a special election is held. A man from Santa
Morning Edition
Los Angeles City Council Passes Motion to Fund Second Round of Rental Assistance
"With this KCRW NEWS Update, the L. A City Council has signed off on a second round of rental assistance. The council voted yesterday to use money from the federal and state relief programs for the city's Coben 19 Emergency Renters relief program. Money will go to help about 64,000 families in the region, according to council President Nury Martinez. This assistance is not only a lifeline for families that Desperately need our help to be able to pay their rent. But also it's a direct help to the mom and pop landlords who are struggling to make their mortgages. The first round of city assistance provided rent subsidies totaling more than $98 million. This one will focus on paying off past rent. The maximum grant level is said it $10,000. Emotion now heads to
Ben Shapiro
Los Angeles Council president introduces motion for expanded renters relief program
"City Council wants to give renters more breathing room, Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez introduced a motion to expand the Emergency Renters relief program. Using additional funding approved by Congress to help tenants during the pandemic, The motion reads. While the city's eviction moratorium and Renters assistance program has provided critical relief, many tenants are still months behind on rent with no foreseeable way to pay it back and without the additional help. Many families could end up on the streets.