LA city council now has six women on a panel controlled by men for decades
For the first time in the history of Los Angeles, six women will take seats on the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday, Dec. 13 along with the first female mayor, Karen Bass, and the first female city attorney, Hydee Feldstein Soto.
Los Angeles city council member Traci Park at a press conference at Los Angeles City Hall Monday, December 12, 2022. The remaining seats are held by men, and one seat remains open after Martinez stepped down amid the fallout from the leaked recording in which she and her colleagues, labor leader Ron Herrera and council members Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Leon, made disparaging comments about their colleagues and constituents.
In advance of Tuesday’s Los Angeles City Council meeting, Rodriguez held a press conference Monday morning to bring together the record-breaking women who will be serving on the council.Rodriguez said that having six women on the city council is an important and meaningful step for representation in Los Angeles.
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