“After getting caught on tape spewing racist hate speech, there really was only one move left to make for former Democratic City Councilwoman Nury Martinez — find a home in Arizona and reputedly become a Republican,” Los Angeles Magazine reports.
“Not that long ago, Martinez, 50, was a rising star in local politics, the first Latina to become Council president. But, of course, she resigned in disgrace in 2022, after she and three other city leaders were secretly tape-recorded during a closed-door City Hall session bashing L.A. District Attorney George Gascón (‘Fuck that guy — he’s with the Blacks’) and hurling bigoted slurs at former Council colleague Mike Bonin’s adopted African American son (calling him a ‘changuito,’ Spanish for ‘little monkey’).”
“Now, according to several sources with knowledge of the ongoing investigation into the secret City Hall taping, Martinez has a new mailing address. She and her husband, Gerry Guzman (onetime manager for Alex Villanueva’s failed reelection campaign as L.A. County sheriff), have set up camp in Arizona. The couple’s new residence isn’t the only thing that’s changed, though — so, apparently, have their politics.”
