Harris-Dawson replaces Councilmember Curren Price as council president pro tem amidst corruption charges against Price.
Some District 10 residents who wanted a special election were outraged, saying they were denied an opportunity to elect their own representative. But Council President Krekorian said a special election would have cost taxpayers about $8 million, and the next primary election for the seat would take place next year anyway.
after she was caught making racist and demeaning comments in a secretly recorded 2021 conversation about ways to manipulate the city’s council redistricting process.for voters to choose a new councilmember.last week with 10 counts of embezzlement, perjury and conflict of interest. Price has called the charges “unwarranted” and is expected to be arraigned July 13.
Last week’s complaint from the D.A. additionally said that between 2019 and 2021, the consulting firm Del Richardson & Associates, which belongs to Price’s second wife, was paid more than $150,000 by developers. After the payments, Price voted on issues involving those developers, according to the complaint. Price also allegedly failed to report those connections, or the money paid to his wife’s company, on city disclosure forms.
The council’s Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee is expected to discuss on Friday whether to recommend that Price be suspended. Any recommendations the committee makes would be forwarded to the full council for consideration.
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