The Los Angeles Times and a union representing Los Angeles County workers have been at war over audio of Los Angeles City Council members making racist remarks, which the union called an “illegal recording.”The leaked audio was made public on Sunday. De León and Martinez have since apologized and the latter resigned on Wednesday from the city council. An attorney representing the LA County Federation of Labor, Julie Gutman Dickinson sent a letter on Sunday to the Times before it was published, threatening to take legal action if it went public. The letter claimed the conversation “was recorded in violation of California’s privacy and recording laws on LA County Federation of Labor property.”“If the LA Times publishes this illegal recording, or information contained within it, it is condoning this illegal conduct and subjecting itself to potential liability. It is imperative for this reason, and to avoid harm to innocent people, that the LA Times refrains from publishing anything from the illegal recording.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 13, 2022 01:50 UTC