Mario Trujillo

By Arnold Adler

Contributing Writer

DOWNEY — City Councilman Mario Trujillo has been censured by his council colleagues following an Instagram post regarding the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

The censure vote came Sept. 17 at a special meeting scheduled by Mayor Hector Sosa. Sosa, Mayor Pro Tem Dorothy Pemberton and Councilwoman Claudia Frometa voted to censure Trujillo. Councilman Horacio Ortiz voted against the censure while Trujillo abstained.

Censure of an elected official is a severe reprimand but the council could not remove Trujillo from office or impose penalties, other than remove Trujillo from various committees.

The City Council was expected to approve a formal resolution Sept. 23 of the censure and remove Trujillo from all his commit

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