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Two years after the scandal, City Councilmember Kevin de León is on track to lose his seat. His defeat would leave Latinos with just four of the council’s 15 seats.
The bruising, yearlong contest pitted Jurado, a first-time candidate, against De León, a veteran but politically wounded lawmaker.
Asian Pacific Islander candidates are running against Latino opponents in districts that take in all or portions of the Eastside.
Faced with a tough budget year, the Los Angeles City Council may issue at least $80 million in bonds to cover the city’s growing legal payouts
Police abolition — and law enforcement spending overall — has emerged as a political fault line in two L.A. city council races, particularly for voters worried about crime and disorder.
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Ysabel Jurado has declined to apologize for saying “f— the police,” in a contest where the issue of when and how to apologize has been a dominant theme.
Supervisor Janice Hahn said this week that the board was the most divided she’s ever seen it. At the root of the division: Measure G.
Councilmember Kevin De León confirmed that the student who posed the question to his opponent about police abolition is one of his staffers.
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Asked a question about spending at the LAPD, attorney Ysabel Jurado responded: ‘What’s the rap verse? F— the police, that’s how I see ‘em.’
Los Angeles City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto has decided not to prosecute Santos Leon and Karla Vasquez, a married couple who worked at the L.A. County Federation of Labor.
