Just hours after his term ended, former Los Angeles City Councilman Gil Cedillo released a statement Dec. 12, defending his decision not to step down from his seat over his participation in a racist 2021 conversation that involved three other officials. Cedillo lost his re-election bid to Eunisses Hernandez in June—months before the conversation between…

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles City Council is set to resume in-person meetings next week in the council chamber, according to the city clerk’s office Oct. 21. The agenda for next Tuesday and Wednesday’s meeting, posted Friday afternoon, notes the meeting location as the council chamber at City Hall. A representative from the city clerk’s office…

LOS ANGELES—A special election to fill the Sixth District seat vacated by Nury Martinez’s resignation for her involvement in the city hall racism scandal could cost Los Angeles up to an estimated $7.65 million, the city clerk’s office said Oct. 21. The election would take place on April 4, 2023, at the earliest, with a…