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Shouts broke out in Los Angeles City Hall on Tuesday as Kevin de Le\u00f3n, the embattled L.A. city councilman, appeared at a council meeting after audio leaked<\/a> in October of de Le\u00f3n making racist remarks with several colleagues.\u00a0<\/p>\n

De Le\u00f3n, once described as a “rising star” and “trailblazer” in his party by the Los Angeles Times, is the only city council member involved in the scandal to remain in his post. But calls for de Le\u00f3n’s resignation continue to mount.\u00a0<\/p>\n

President Biden and virtually every California Democrat have called for de Le\u00f3n’s resignation<\/a> since the leaked audio surfaced in October.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s staying and that\u2019s it,” a spokesperson for de Leon told Fox News Digital. “He\u2019s made the decision to stay and represent his constituents on the pressing issues facing them.”<\/p>\n

FALLOUT FROM LA RACISM SCANDAL KEEPS SHAKING CITY COUNCIL<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“At the end of the day, Councilmember de Le\u00f3n is elected by the constituents of his district. They\u2019re his bosses. They hire and fire him at the voting booth.”<\/p>\n

De Le\u00f3n’s term in office ends in December 2024.<\/p>\n

Tuesday’s uproar stemmed from a leaked recording laced with profanity and racist comments from a year-old meeting involving Nury Martinez<\/a>, Ron Herrera, Gil Cedillo and de Le\u00f3n \u2013 all Latino Democrats \u2013 in which they plotted to expand their political power at the expense of Black voters during a realignment of district boundaries.<\/p>\n

The longtime Democrat first entered California public office in 2006 when he was elected to State Assembly, launching an unsuccessful run for speaker of the lower chamber not long after.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2010, de Le\u00f3n\u00a0was elected to the state Senate and became Senate president pro tempore in 2014, throwing a “presidential-style” inauguration in honor of the occasion, according to a Mercury News report<\/a>. De Le\u00f3n\u00a0received some blowback from the press for his lavish, 200-person Walt Disney Concert Hall ceremony \u2013 an event that is usually a low-key affair in the state Capitol building.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Facing term limits, the then-state senator made an unsuccessful run against longtime Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein in 2018; however, after a brief interlude out of public office, de Le\u00f3n\u00a0was elected to Los Angeles City Council by a special election in 2020. Not long after, de Le\u00f3n\u00a0launched another attempt at higher office, announcing a run for Los Angeles mayor in 2021, coming in at third place. <\/p>\n

Since the recording surfaced, numerous colleagues of de Le\u00f3n,\u00a0including Council members Raman and Hernandez, have issued statements condemning the councilman as “racist” and “homophobic.” Both Raman and Hernandez are members of the Democratic Socialists of America party and support the movement to defund the police.\u00a0<\/p>\n

De Le\u00f3n’s office responded to these accusations, telling Fox that the councilman has a “long track record that is inclusive and supportive of all communities, so his record speaks for itself.”<\/p>\n

The disruption that ignited in the council meeting on Tuesday is the latest scandal to plague de Le\u00f3n. On Dec. 9, de Le\u00f3n made his first appearance in the city council chamber after a 59-day absence, though the meeting quickly devolved into protests from activists and other council members who refused to carry on the meeting. Later that day, video surfaced of de Le\u00f3n in a physical altercation with a protester at a Los Angeles<\/a> tree lighting event.<\/p>\n

Despite being censured by his colleagues and stripped of committee assignments, de Le\u00f3n continues to receive a salary. Los Angeles city council members<\/a> are some of the highest paid city officials in the country, raking in $229,000 annually.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles City Clerk recently approved a petition to recall de Le\u00f3n, who still has two years left in his council term. Organizers have until March 31, 2023, to collect roughly 20,000 signatures in order push the recall effort to a vote. This is the third intent to recall that has been filed against the councilman.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019ll leave it to the voters,” said a spokesperson for de Le\u00f3n.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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