NEW: L.A. City Council elects new president after racist audio leak
The meeting was mostly virtual because of COVID-19 concerns after councilmember Paul Krekorian tested positive for the virus over the weekend, according to theMitch O’Farrell, who served as acting president since Martinez's resignation, presided over
a mostly empty chamber with only a few staff members and reporters insideKevin de León and Gil Cedillo, who participated in a discussion with anti-Black and anti-Indigenous comments in the leaked audio, were not present at the council meeting on Tuesday.
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