The Los Angeles City Council voted 10-0 Wednesday for an ordinance that sets a special election on April 4, 2023, for the Sixth District seat vacated by Nury Martinez's resignation.
Council President Paul Krekorian said the funding would be discussed further in the Budget and Finance Committee. The ordinance will come before the council next week for final consideration.
Martinez resigned after she uttered several racial slurs in an October 2021 leaked conversation about city redistricting. Her term was set to expire in December 2024. "A quarter of Angelenos who are now deprived of representation because of the resignation of Ms. Martinez would be left without representation," he said."I think it just emphasizes the importance that the council continues to meet in order to respond to the very crisis that was created -- that so many members of the public are talking about and with whom we stand in solidarity.
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