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LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Times and other outlets reported on a recorded conversation between Los Angeles City Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo, as well as Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera, that included racist and homophobic comments and slurs. Equality California, the nation&#;s largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, released the monitoring statement Sunday in response to the reporting:
&#;Racism and hate have no place in our politics or public discourse. The comments about Councilmember Mike Bonin and his son are completely unacceptable, and we are sending the Councilmember, Sean and their entire family our love and support.
&#;We are also deeply disappointed by the slurs used against Councilmembers Bonin and Mitch O&#;Farrell, the two openly gay members of the City Council. Whether on the playground or in halls of power — regardless of intent — these words are too often used to belittle and demean LGBTQ+ people.&#;
Equality California released a second s
SacBee: The Untold Story of How Kevin Leon became Kevin de Leon
The name on his birth certificate isn’t Kevin de León.
That’s how the Los Angeles Democrat identified himself more than two years ago when he was sworn in as the 47th president pro tem of the California Senate, the first Latino to hold the position in more than a century.
On his birth certificate and voter rolls, however, the year-old politician is Kevin Alexander Leon.
While he’s spent more than a decade climbing the ranks of California politics, rising to become state government’s second-most influential elected official, how KAL became KDL, as he’s known at the Capitol, is a tale he’s resisted telling the public. When he discussed his upbringing, he offered a simple account of growing up with a single mom who came to the U.S. from Mexico.
“Hardly anyone knows this story,” de León told The Sacramento Bee recently. He agreed to perform an interview over dinner after The Bee asked about his name.
The certificate says he was born on Dec. 10, , at California Hospital on South Hope Street in Los Angeles.
It describes his father, Andres Leon, as a year-old cook whose race was Chinese and whose birthplace was Guatem
Challenger Ysabel Jurado maintains command over Los Angeles Councilman Kevin de León in District 14
LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- Progressive challenger Ysabel Jurado is maintaining a substantial lead Wednesday over incumbent Kevin de León in the tumultuous, high-profile contest in the race for the District 14 seat on the Los Angeles City Council.
As of Wednesday evening, the tenants-right attorney had received more than 30, votes, or about % of the total, while de León was at more than 24, votes or %, according to the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk.
That was a slight widening of the gap between the two from the initial results that were released on election night. Ballots are still being counted and Jurado has not declared victory.
The two candidates are vying to illustrate a district that includes downtown L.A., Boyle Heights, Lincoln Heights, El Sereno and Northeast L.A.
Their Election Day showdown takes place two years after a leaked recording captured de León participating in a conversation with two other now-former council members and a now-former union head, during which crude and racist language was used. It sparked a scandal in which multiple officials, all the
California To Get First Female And First LGBT Senate Leader
By Jonathon Cooper, Associated Press
State Sen. Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, will make history Wednesday when she becomes the first woman and first sapphic to hold the California Senate's top job.
A former Assembly speaker, Atkins is taking over the upload of Senate president pro tem from fellow Democrat Kevin de Leon as the chamber gears up for election season and faces a number of thorny challenges, including a reckoning over sexual misconduct, a loss of the Democratic supermajority and an icy relationship with the state Assembly.
Atkins, whose colleagues describe her as measured, said she's not focused on making headlines.
"I believe you're going to observe my focus will be internally so you're not going to get any big pronouncements," she said in a brief interview with The Associated Press.
Senate Democrats lost their supermajority last month when Los Angeles-area Sen. Tony Mendoza resigned rather than deal with an extremely rare expulsion vote over sexual misconduct allegations, and he's running again for the equal seat. Sen. Josh Newman of Fullerton, meanwhile, is facing a recall that could cost the Democrats anothe
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