California: Recall effort against Los Angeles Councilmember failed

The recall effort against  Los Angeles City councilmember Kevin de Leon (the former President Pro Tempore of the State Senate) has failed, with petitioners not handing in signatures. The petition effort was over fallout from racist comments from City Council President Nury Martinez regarding redistricting. Martinez. has already resigned due to the revelations, and still no word on a recall against the third council member who was in the room, Gil Cedillo.

Notably, Pamela Adkins was one the petitioners, and had filed three previous recall attempts against de Leon in July 2021 and May 2022 (over homeless issues). Earlier articles noted that Adkins would be pushing from the right, while the current criticism is from the left.

Petitioners needed 21,006 signatures to get to the ballot.