LA City Council moving to prohibit use of two offensive words during meetings

A Los Angeles City Council committee approved a motion Friday seeking to prohibit the use of two specific offensive epithets during civic meetings.

The Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee voted unanimously in favor of a motion introduced by Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson and co-signed by six of his colleagues. Council members intend to rein in the use of the so-called N-word and C-word, and variations of those racial and sexist epithets.

The five-member...