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Letters to the Editor: Nury Martinez, Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León have done grave racial harm to L.A.

Por: Los Angeles Times Opinion October 11, 2022

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To the editor: I am a proud gay man. I am a proud Mexican American. And since moving to Los Angeles in 1975 at the age of 19, I am a proud Angeleno. (Protests, anger, tears roil L.A. City Council meeting over leaked racist recordings, Oct. 11) I came from a small conservative town. But even there, we were not so insulated from the rest of the world. Today, I find many people — not everyone, but especially the Latino political class in L.A. —... + full article



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