Jasmyne Cannick

Krekorian & Price Aim to Restore Voting Power Back to Council District 10 

Taking a decisive stand, Council President Paul Krekorian and Council Pro Tempore Curren Price Jr. conducted an exclusive interview with the L.A., where they firmly stated their support of Heather Hutt to complete the term of former Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas. Also, the councilmembers shared the factors that influence their approach to ensuring that CD 10 has a voting member on the City Council. 

Kevin De León : Don’t Hate the Player, Change the Game 

Last week, disgraced Los Angeles Councilmember Kevin De León emerged from hiding to go on a curated media tour to double down on his position that he will not resign from office after his involvement in a recorded conversation in which Latino officials made crude, racist remarks and conspired to expand their political power. 

Los Angeles – on Kevin de León, It’s Time to Put Up or Shut Up

The situation with disgraced Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León reached a new low Wednesday, Oct. 19, with his proud admission during a news interview that he is not resigning, putting to rest any hope that he would do the right thing and step down.

Black Mother Struggles to Avoid Sex Work in South LA to Survive 

Everyday the streets of Los Angeles are filled with people suffering from unbearable loss.  The kind of loss that makes you simply lose your mind.  Loss of your job, loss of your home, loss of your car, loss of your family, loss of your standing in this world, and worse of all, the loss of hope.   

Judge Denies Bail for Ed Buck

A request for bail was denied last Friday for Democratic Party fundraiser Ed Buck, who is accused of giving drugs to a man who died at his West Hollywood apartment after allegedly being lured across state lines for prostitution.

Petition Urges Judge to Deny Bail to Democratic Donor Ed Buck in Deaths of Black Gay Men

On the eve of the one=year incarceration of Democratic donor and activist, Ed Buck in the deaths of two Black gay men, the group, Justice 4 Gemmel and All of Ed Buck’s Victims, has begun gathering signatures for a petition calling upon Magistrate Judge Rozella A. Oliver to deny bail to Buck. 

The petition comes after Buck, 65, petitioned the court arguing that he is at higher risk for contracting COVID-19 while in jail due to his age and because he says he suffers from gum disease and needs specialized cardiac care.

After Democratic Party’s Silence on Death of Two Black Gay Men at Democratic Donor’s Home, Jasmyne Cannick Won Her Election to their Board

After being ignored by her state and local Democratic Party’s leadership when she called attention to the crystal meth overdose deaths of two Black gay men at Democratic donor Ed Buck’s home– Jasmyne Cannick has won a seat on the Party’s coveted County Central Committee. On Super Tuesday, March 3, Cannick earned enough votes to secure her seat on the elected body that oversees the Los Angeles County Democratic Party.