Councilman Mike Bonin

Kevin de León Doesn’t Show Up For Sentinel Interview with BLM’s Melina Abdullah            

Danny J. Bakewell, Jr. Executive Editor November 3, 2022

Disgraced Councilman Kevin de León was scheduled to be interviewed at the Los Angeles Sentinel Offices on Monday, October 31, at 10:30 a.m.  The interview, which was scheduled to be taped and aired online as well as printed in this week’s paper, was to be conducted by Executive Editor Danny J. Bakewell, Jr., Sentinel Podcast host Niele Anderson and Dr. Melina Abdullah, leader and founder of Black Lives Matter-LA and community advocate.  But De León late Sunday evening sent a text saying that he was out of town and wouldn’t be available for the interview.

Local Political

LA City Council Advances Draft Redistricting Map Ahead of Public Hearing

City News ServiceNovember 10, 2021

The Los Angeles City Council today advanced a draft map of proposed new borders for its 15 districts, ahead of the first of two state-required public hearings on the map tomorrow. Over the last week, council members made significant changes to a draft map originally recommended by a civilian redistricting commission. City Council President Nury Martinez had blasted that original map, saying the commission’s drastic changes to council districts “confused and alienated thousands.”

COVID-19 Local News

L.A. Council Declares Fiscal Emergency; Approves Furlough and Buyout Plans

City News ServiceSeptember 8, 2020

The Los Angeles City Council voted today to declare a fiscal emergency and approved plans to furlough more than 15,000 city employees and carry out early retirement buyouts for another 1,280 employees to try to recoup as much anticipated lost revenue as possible due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Local News

L.A. City Councilman Wants to Appoint Homeless People to Advisory Commission

City News ServiceSeptember 6, 2019

A Los Angeles City Councilman proposed a new approach to addressing the city’s homeless crisis, suggesting the city create an advisory board composed of the very people affected by the issue — the currently or recently homeless.

Local News

Questions Surround Death of Black Man Found Dead in Prominent West Hollywood Democratic Donor’s Home

Special to the Sentinel by Jasmyne A. Cannick August 24, 2017

On July 27, 26-year-old Gemmel Moore was found dead in the West Hollywood apartment of 63-year-old prominent Democratic political donor Ed Buck.  Moore was Black, gay, and worked as an escort.