California Attorney General to Investigate Los Angeles Redistricting Process After Audio Leak
State Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Oct. 12 that his office will investigate the City of Los Angeles’s redistricting process—in light of the recent leak of a racially charged conversation between three city councilors and the head of a labor union.
The investigation is the latest development in the public’s reaction to the recording that was leaked Oct. 9.
In the conversation from October 2021, then Council President Nury Martinez made racially disparaging comments toward various ethnic groups, as well as Councilman Mike Bonin’s 2-year-old black adopted son.
The remarks were made during a discussion on the city’s once-a-decade redistricting with Councilmen Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo, and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera….