LOS ANGELES—Acting Los Angeles City Council President Mitch O'Farrell said Oct. 17 that he will remove Councilmen Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo from their committee assignments, though he had no update on whether the two embattled council members will resign their seats over their involvement in a racism scandal surrounding the city’s redistricting process.
Four elected officials participated in a recorded conversation in 2021 that included a series of racially charged remarks and discussions over redistricting. Two of them—former Council President Nury Martinez and former LA County Federation of Labor Ron Herrera—have resigned.
