Los Angeles Councilmember Kevin de León, representing the city’s 14th District, refused to resign from his seat after a 2022 audio recording caught him complaining about his constituents as colleagues made racist remarks.
Now, two years later, his constituents did it for him.
Ysabel Jurado, a tenant’s rights attorney and Highland Park native, declared victory with a scathing social media message on Thursday.
“Like [President-Elect Donald] Trump, he relied upon fearmongering, redbaiting, misogyny and racial dog-whistling in an effort to divide us,” she wrote…