{"id":3949,"date":"2023-09-21T16:15:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T08:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=3949"},"modified":"2023-09-21T16:19:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T08:19:29","slug":"democrat-involved-in-la-racism-scandal-running-for-reelection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=3949","title":{"rendered":"Democrat involved in LA racism scandal running for reelection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Los Angeles city councilman involved in a racism scandal last year announced Wednesday he would seek reelection, despite pressures from colleagues to resign.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-1.png 964w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-1-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-1-768x480.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In a statement Wednesday, Kevin de Le\u00f3n said he would seek another term after making \u201cunprecedented strides\u201d in his district, which runs through downtown Los Angeles, The Associated Press (AP) reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Los Angeles city councilman involved in a racism scandal last year announced Wednesday he would seek reelection, despite pressures from colleagues to resign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement Wednesday, Kevin de Le\u00f3n said he would seek another term after making \u201cunprecedented strides\u201d in his district, which runs through downtown Los Angeles, The Associated Press (AP) reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De Le\u00f3n and Cedillo apologized for the conversation but refused to resign. Cedillo lost a reelection bid last year, ending his term in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De Le\u00f3n\u2019s return to the council chambers after a two-month hiatus reportedly prompted protests in the meeting room as well as social media posts from fellow council members who pushed back against his return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, who is also running in the 14th District, called for de Le\u00f3n to resign and not seek another term, The AP reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEnough is enough,\u201d Santiago said, per The AP. \u201cWhile he has been consumed with scandal, he has failed his district. \u2026 The people want change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ysabel Jurado, a tenant rights attorney running in the 14th district, responded to de Le\u00f3n\u2019s reelection bid Wednesday, telling a reporter with the L.A. Daily News that de Le\u00f3n has been a \u201cdistraction\u201d in the district over the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of Wednesday, campaign finance filings show a total of 11 candidates running for de Le\u00f3n\u2019s seat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Los Angeles city councilman involved in a racism scandal last year announced Wednesday he would seek reelection, despite pressures from colleagues to resign. In a statement Wednesday, Kevin de Le\u00f3n said he would seek another term after making \u201cunprecedented strides\u201d in his district, which runs through downtown Los Angeles, The Associated Press (AP) reported. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1725,1726,1727],"class_list":["post-3949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-democrat","tag-involved","tag-la"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Democrat involved in LA racism scandal running for reelection - LISTEN WORLD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=3949\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Democrat involved in LA racism scandal running for reelection - LISTEN WORLD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Los Angeles city councilman involved in a racism scandal last year announced Wednesday he would seek reelection, despite pressures from colleagues to resign. In a statement Wednesday, Kevin de Le\u00f3n said he would seek another term after making \u201cunprecedented strides\u201d in his district, which runs through downtown Los Angeles, The Associated Press (AP) reported. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=3949\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LISTEN WORLD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-21T08:15:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-21T08:19:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"964\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"603\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Darcy\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/\",\"name\":\"LISTEN WORLD\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=3949#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-1.png\",\"width\":964,\"height\":603},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=3949#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=3949\",\"name\":\"Democrat involved in LA racism scandal running for reelection - LISTEN WORLD\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=3949#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-21T08:15:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-21T08:19:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/#\/schema\/person\/1162f45aa51c894eefc48fd30308af4a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=3949#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=3949\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=3949#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u9996\u9875\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Democrat involved in LA racism scandal running for reelection\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/#\/schema\/person\/1162f45aa51c894eefc48fd30308af4a\",\"name\":\"Darcy\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7537ee6b8d37bad39b4bef536dfdfbabb0d66d9d304b0d853fc389e9f7bc082f?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7537ee6b8d37bad39b4bef536dfdfbabb0d66d9d304b0d853fc389e9f7bc082f?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Darcy\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?author=6\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Democrat involved in LA racism scandal running for reelection - LISTEN WORLD","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=3949","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Democrat involved in LA racism scandal running for reelection - LISTEN WORLD","og_description":"A Los Angeles city councilman involved in a racism scandal last year announced Wednesday he would seek reelection, despite pressures from colleagues to resign. In a statement Wednesday, Kevin de Le\u00f3n said he would seek another term after making \u201cunprecedented strides\u201d in his district, which runs through downtown Los Angeles, The Associated Press (AP) reported. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=3949","og_site_name":"LISTEN WORLD","article_published_time":"2023-09-21T08:15:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-09-21T08:19:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":964,"height":603,"url":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Darcy","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/","name":"LISTEN WORLD","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=3949#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-1.png","width":964,"height":603},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=3949#webpage","url":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=3949","name":"Democrat involved in LA racism scandal running for reelection - LISTEN WORLD","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=3949#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2023-09-21T08:15:16+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-21T08:19:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/#\/schema\/person\/1162f45aa51c894eefc48fd30308af4a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=3949#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=3949"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=3949#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u9996\u9875","item":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Democrat involved in LA racism scandal running for reelection"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/#\/schema\/person\/1162f45aa51c894eefc48fd30308af4a","name":"Darcy","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7537ee6b8d37bad39b4bef536dfdfbabb0d66d9d304b0d853fc389e9f7bc082f?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7537ee6b8d37bad39b4bef536dfdfbabb0d66d9d304b0d853fc389e9f7bc082f?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","caption":"Darcy"},"url":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?author=6"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3949"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3954,"href":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3949\/revisions\/3954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}