Los Angeles City Councilmember Nury Martinez has resigned from her position amid the political firestorm sparked by her racist comments, recently leaked on an audio recording. Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León, her fellow councilmembers who were also on the recording, have yet to resign despite the mounting outrage. Among the racist comments, which attacked Black and Indigenous communities in L.A., Martinez went after the adopted Black son of white councilmember Mike Bonin. Bonin addressed the hateful remarks at an emotional City Council meeting on Tuesday.

Councilmember Mike Bonin: “My husband and I are both raw and angry and heartbroken and sick, for our family and for Los Angeles. … I am reeling from the revelations of what these people said, trusted servants who voiced hate and bile. Public officials are supposed to call us to our highest selves, and these people stabbed us and shot us and cut the spirit of Los Angeles.”

On Wednesday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said he would investigate the recent redistricting process in Los Angeles as a result of the City Council scandal.