Los Angeles City Council candidate Joe Bray-Ali lost the endorsements Thursday of The Times, City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell and an Eastside Democratic group, one day after Bray-Ali apologized for comments he made in uncensored online forums that include racist content.
The Times editorial board had previously endorsed Bray-Ali as a knowledgeable outsider who appeared poised to shake up the status quo. But, the board wrote Thursday, “The revelations [about Bray-Ali] are so deeply disturbing — raising serious questions about both his judgment and his character — that The Times has re-evaluated its original position.”
In doing so, the newspaper did not endorse Councilman Gil Cedillo, the incumbent and Bray-Ali’s opponent in the May 16 runoff. “The hard truth for voters in this district is that they are left without a great choice,” The Times’ editorial said.
O’Farrell, who had taken the rare step of endorsing a fellow council member’s opponent, decried Bray-Ali’s online activity.
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