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The Los Angeles City Council was forced to recess to clear out chanting protesters from its chamber, as members were poised to formally rebuke two councilmen and its former president for their involvement in a racism scandal

The Los Angeles City Council was forced to recess to clear out chanting protesters from its chamber, as members were poised to formally rebuke two councilmen and its former president for their involvement in a racism scandal

Los Angeles detectives are investigating whether a recording last year that captured city councilmembers’ racist remarks was made illegally, the police chief said Tuesday. The recording’s disclosure earlier this month unleashed a growing scandal in the nation’s second-largest city just weeks before Election Day. The councilmembers’ bigoted discussion — laden with crude insults — laid…

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Los Angeles City Council formally rebuked two members and its former president Wednesday for their involvement in a racism scandal

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Los Angeles City Council appears headed into a long power struggle that threatens an already strained government, as two disgraced

Last week, a recording anonymously posted on the social media site Reddit rocked the Los Angeles City Council.  On the recording, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Hererra, City Council President Nury Martinez (District 6), and City Council members Kevin de León (District 14) and Gilbert Cedillo (District 1) can be heard discussing redistricting using crass terms and divisive, racist language.

The leaders say L.A. has a history of using Asian Angelenos to inflame racial tensions and score political points.

/PRNewswire/ -- President and ceo of Vermont Slauson Economic Development Corporation, Joseph T. Rouzan, III, weighs in regarding the reporting of the leaked...