Newsletter Get the lowdown on L.A. politics Sign up for our L.A. City Hall newsletter to get weekly insights, scoops and analysis. Like many Angelenos, Loraine Lundquist was surprised when criminal charges were filed last week against Councilmember Curren Price. The astrophysicist and two-time City Council candidate had a very particular reason for her shock. “We have not adopted an official or unofficial stance concerning the timing of filing charges in a criminal case. Barkan also said that Padilla’s “negative campaign” was merely an excuse to distract from her own record working for Martinez, the disgraced former City Council president.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 25, 2023 03:05 UTC