Arellano: We live in a world the L.A. City Hall audio leak scandal wrought. Thank God

Los Angeles Times - Oct 9, 2026

The recording that exposed the quartet's machinations ultimately destroyed the type of ethnic politicking that made the careers of too many self-serving power grabbers. The transcript of their back-and-forth now reads as prophecy.

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