By Angie Orellana Hernandez | LA Times
Isaac Galvan, who served on the Compton City Council with Chambers for two years, said in 2021 that during a closed-session meeting, Chambers called his son an “ugly wetback.”
He made the claim during the public portion of the July 13, 2021, council meeting.
After Galvan accused Chambers of using the slur in talking about his son, the city commissioned an investigation that cleared Chambers of wrongdoing. But now, two people at the meeting — who originally swore under oath that they did not hear her say the slur — told The Times they do, in fact, remember Chambers saying it.
Compton Mayor Emma Sharif and Councilmember Jonathan Bowers, who have both endorsed Richardson, said in separate interviews that they heard Chambers use the slur during the 2021 meeting. Sharif said she did not admit it during the investigation because she wanted to respect the rules of the closed session, which forbid making the discussion public.
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