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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Embattled Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de León says helium has nary volition of resigning, contempt calls to measurement down by protesters, his chap councilmembers and adjacent President Biden.
De León is embroiled successful a City Hall ungraded successful which helium and 2 different councilmembers were recorded successful a speech making racist remarks and discussing however to crippled the city's redistricting process.
Since the recordings were leaked, erstwhile Council President Nury Martinez resigned her seat. De León and Councilman Gil Cedillo person faced progressively large calls to resign.
De León - who had been publically quiescent aft the contention erupted - told Univision connected Wednesday helium intends to support his seat.
"I won't resign due to the fact that determination is inactive a batch of enactment to beryllium done," helium said successful a Spanish-language interview. "The situation taking spot successful the district, the infections, unemployment, the menace of eviction, the stateless humanitarian crisis."
Cedillo mislaid his predetermination this summertime and his word volition extremity successful December if helium doesn't resign earlier then. De León inactive has 2 much years near successful his term.
City Council elects caller president arsenic protesters request much resignations
Most of the different councilmembers person besides publically said de León and Cedillo should resign, saying the metropolis cannot heal until that happens.
The City Council does not person the ineligible powerfulness to region a subordinate from office, absent superior transgression allegations. The lone mode to unit de León from office, different than nationalist pressure, is to motorboat a callback effort.
Last week, President Joe Biden weighed successful connected the controversy. A White House spokesperson said the president believes each of the councilmembers progressive successful the recorded speech should measurement down.
"He believes that they each should resign," Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said astatine a White House briefing.
Protesters with Black Lives Matter person been camped retired adjacent de León's Eagle Rock location and accidental they won't permission until he's gone. They person been angered by discussions successful the recorded conversations astir redistricting successful which it appears the councilmembers were looking astatine ways to trim practice of the city's Black community.
Another radical of protesters tried to unit their mode into City Hall connected Tuesday, seemingly trying to unopen down the City Council meeting, adjacent though it was being held virtually. Some were heard chanting: "No resignations, nary meeting."
De León did apologize to the nationalist successful the Univision interview.
"I consciousness truly bad, I consciousness precise atrocious for the damage, for the wounds that beryllium contiguous successful our communities," helium said. "I'm truthful sorry. I americium atrocious and that's wherefore I apologize to each my people, to my full community, for the harm caused by the achy words that were said past year."
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