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☆ Marilyn Monroe's Los Angeles home has been saved from demolition. Here's what it looks like today.
  + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Gabbi Shaw | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Marilyn Monroe's home in Brentwood, California, was ruled a landmark by the LA City Council. The current owners sued the city for the right to demolish it to expand their home next door. AdvertisementIn 1962, Marilyn Monroe, one of the most iconic figures in American culture, was found dead inside her home in Brentwood, a neighborhood in Los Angeles. Sixty-two years later, the Los Angeles City Council ruled that her former home should be declared a historical cultural monument, as Variety reported. The Los Angeles Times reported the couple bought the home in July 2023 for $8.35 million.
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☆ LA City Council censures Latino members amid racism scandal
  + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +5 min
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council formally rebuked two members and its former president Wednesday for their involvement in a racism scandal that has led to days of protests, police and state investigations and shaken public faith in City Hall. Earlier, the council meeting was called into recess to allow police to clear chanting protesters. Council President Paul Krekorian warned the protesters they would not deter the council’s business. “We will continue to do the work of the people of Los Angeles,” he said. Krekorian, the president, and other council members have said Cedillo and de León must resign.
☆ LA City Council member embroiled in racist audio scandal says he won't resign: 'There is a lot of work ahead.'
  + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
LA City Council member Kevin de León said he will not resign amid scandal over leaked audio. "No, I will not resign, because there is a lot of work ahead," de León said, invoking Los Angeles' homelessness problem. De León's decision comes just days after LA City Council member Nury Martinez resigned amid mounting pressure over the same audio. "People should not ask me for forgiveness, because I can't forgive them because it's not my prerogative," he said during a council meeting. Then-acting City Council President Mitch O'Farrell stripped de León and Cedillo of their committee duties earlier this week.
☆ Los Angeles City Council member Nury Martinez resigns – but does not apologize – after explosive audio of racist comments leaked
  + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
LA City Council member Nury Martinez has resigned after she was caught making racist comments. Earlier this week, fellow city council members and US president Joe Biden called on her to resign. On Monday, Martinez resigned from her position as City Council president, but not the council itself, and taken a leave of absence as calls for her full resignation grew. Advocate groups from across Los Angeles spoke out at City Council meetings earlier this week, calling for all of the involved council members to resign. Earlier this week, Martinez offered a short apology for her words, according to KTLA.
☆ LA City Council president resigns after she was caught on tape calling the Black son of a fellow Democratic politician a 'monkey'
  + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
The president of Los Angeles City Council resigned on Monday after leaked audio revealed that she made racist remarks about a fellow Democratic politician's Black son. Martinez came under heavy criticism after the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday that she made racist comments behind closed doors about Councilman Mike Bonin's son. In a conversation with other local officials, Martinez described Bonin's son, who is Black, as a "monkey." However, her statement said she was resigning as president of the council. Martinez, a 49-year-old Democrat, became the City Council president in 2019 after previously serving as a member of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education.
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