
That's why I don't I'm not going to mince words or I'm not going to deflect blame." "I accept my responsibility for a lot of that pain that exists today," de León said Wednesday, noting that he's reached out to various city leaders and organizations to have "hard conversations" with about his involvement in the incident. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Eric Garcetti have denounced the trio and joined the public's calls for their resignation. Senior politicians such as President Joe Biden, Gov. Herrera was the first of the bunch to resign, doing so a day after the audio was released.ĭe León and Cedillo both have yet to step down, despite passionate protests calling for their resignation.

I'm sorry to the family of Mike Bonin - to my family, to all those who have supported me." He also said that he had planned to publicly apologize at the first City Council meeting since the leak last Tuesday, but was unable to do so. De León claims to have apologized "profusely" to Bonin and his family over voicemail when he didn't answer his phone call in the wake of the audio leak.
