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Mark Ridley-Thomas sentenced for corruption scheme which helped son

A veteran Los Angeles politician has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for a scheme involving his son and the University of Southern California School of Social Work

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Los Angeles politician Mark Ridley-Thomas is sentenced to more than 3 years in prison for corruption

A veteran Los Angeles politician has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for a scheme involving his son and the University of Southern California School of Social Work

The Independent UK

Ex-USC dean sentenced to home confinement for bribery of Los Angeles County supervisor

A former dean at the University of Southern California will spend 1 1/2 years in home confinement for bribing a Los Angeles County supervisor in exchange for renewal of a lucrative contract

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Judge denies new trial for longtime LA politician Mark Ridley-Thomas, upholds guilty verdict

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in Los Angeles has upheld the conviction of longtime politician Mark Ridley-Thomas, declining Friday to acquit him of all public corruption charges or grant him a new trial.

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Charges against Price draw outrage, sadness and sense of ‘Black loss’ in South LA

LOS ANGELES — Curren Price was sworn in for his third term on Los Angeles City Council last fall with a promise to mend rifts.

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Longtime LA politician guilty on federal corruption charges

A longtime Los Angeles politician has been convicted on federal corruption charges

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Longtime LA politician Mark Ridley-Thomas found guilty in corruption case

LOS ANGELES — Mark Ridley-Thomas, one of Los Angeles County’s most prominent politicians, was found guilty Thursday of federal corruption charges related to special benefits his son received at the University of Southern California.

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Ridley-Thomas corruption case built on emails: 'MRT is really trying to deliver here'

LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors finished presenting evidence in their corruption case Friday against suspended Los Angeles City Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas, clearing the way for the powerful lawmaker's defense to share its side of the case next week.

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Judge in L.A. City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas's Corruption Trial: No Lawyer Internet Research on Prospective Jurors

From U.S. v. Ridley-Thomas, decided yesterday by Judge Dale Fischer (C.D. Cal.): Defendant Mark Ridley-Thomas seeks the Court's permission to engage in {internet-based} background research to seek out public information related to the prospective jurors in the venire. The government opposes this request. The Court recognizes that it has wide…

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Long after LA's mental health chief quit, pressures he faced still shape the agency

LOS ANGELES — A 2017 trip to observe a celebrated Italian mental health system made believers out of a group of Los Angeles County and nonprofit leaders.

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: Mark Ridley-Thomas is accused of taking bribes. But that's no justification for stopping his salary

LOS ANGELES — Should Mark Ridley-Thomas be paid his salary as a Los Angeles City Council member — his exorbitant, more-than-$229,000-a-year salary — even though he's been indicted and is awaiting trial for betraying the public trust by taking bribes and engaging in fraud and conspiracy?

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‘The whole city is in limbo’: Anxious waiting as Bass, Caruso ballots are counted for LA mayor

LOS ANGELES — Rick Caruso and Karen Bass both asserted their optimism Wednesday about an eventual victory in the Los Angeles mayor’s race, with both saying they would not let the slowly unfolding tabulation get in the way of their plans for a quick transition into the city’s top job.

Los Angeles Times

Bass, Caruso duel in historically expensive LA mayor’s race

LOS ANGELES — Businessman Rick Caruso and U.S. Rep. Karen Bass were in a virtual dead heat Tuesday night in the historically expensive race for mayor of Los Angeles, though the first returns remain far from definitive in what is expected to be a close contest.

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Erika D. Smith: 'I'm a Black woman, not a pawn.' The forgotten victim of LA's racist tape scandal

Heather Hutt, a longtime political staffer turned interim Los Angeles City Council member, was already disgusted listening to three colleagues and a prominent labor leader use racist language to justify their plot to hoard political power for Latinos.

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Bribes, kickbacks, secret recordings: A recent history of LA City Hall scandals

LOS ANGELES — The recent leak of a recording that exposed some of Los Angeles' top officials making abhorrent racist comments, disparaging multiple racial and ethnic groups, has rocked the City of Angels.

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Racist comments. Corruption. City Hall in chaos. Welcome to LA politics 2022

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Hall has felt under siege the last few years.

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Erika D. Smith: Nury Martinez's racism feeds into Black Angelenos' worst fear. It's us versus them

She called the Black child of Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin "changuito," or "a monkey," who gets carried around like a purse. "Su negrito, like on the side."

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Billionaire Caruso on spending binge to sway LA mayor's race

The race for Los Angeles mayor has taken a nasty turn, with both candidates sharpening attacks

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In leaked audio, LA City Council members make racist remarks, mock colleagues

LOS ANGELES — Three Latino members of the Los Angeles City Council and a top county labor official held a conversation last fall that included racist remarks, derisive statements about their colleagues and council President Nury Martinez saying a white councilman handled his young Black son as though he were…

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Former USC dean admits to arranging bribery payment for Mark Ridley-Thomas

LOS ANGELES — A former University of Southern California dean agreed Thursday to plead guilty to bribery, admitting that she arranged an illicit $100,000 payment for Mark Ridley-Thomas when he was on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in return for a USC contract with the county.

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Bass and Caruso trade insults as LA mayoral race turns ugly

LOS ANGELES — With less than eight weeks until the November election, both Los Angeles mayoral candidates are fighting fire with fire as they attack their opponent’s relationships to scandals at one of the most prominent private institutions in the city.

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LA mayoral candidate Karen Bass got a USC degree for free. It's now pulling her into a federal corruption case

LOS ANGELES — During the last decade, two influential Los Angeles politicians were awarded full-tuition scholarships valued at nearly $100,000 each from the University of Southern California's social work program.

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USC was in a free fall. Then it turned to Rick Caruso

LOS ANGELES — At the lowest point in its history, the University of Southern California turned to Rick Caruso.

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