Nury Martinez, the former Los Angeles City Council president who was caught making racist remarks to colleagues in a leaked recording this week, has resigned her seat. She is the first of the three elected officials to do so after days of pressure from the public and elected officials, including President Joe Biden.
The hour-long recording captured a conversation between the three council members and a labor leader in which Martinez made pointed racist remarks about another white council member's Black son, calling him a Spanish word for "little monkey."
The four also discuss ways to use the city's redistricting process to benefit themselves and their allies, while also diluting the power of Black Angelenos.
All three members have apologized for the conversation, but Martinez is the first to leave office. "To my staff — I'm sorry that we're ending it this way," Martinez wrote in a statement Wednesday afternoon. "This is no reflection on you. I know you all will continue to do great work and fight for our district. I'll be cheering you on."
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