LA Times Today: Ridley-Thomas, a heavy lifter on homelessness, now carries weight of bribery charges
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L.A. city councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas was indicted last week on federal bribery charges.
According to the feds, when he was serving as county supervisor, Ridley-Thomas allegedly conspired with a former dean at USC to admit Ridley-Thomas’ son, Sebastian, to graduate school.
This is just the latest scandal to rock both City Hall and USC.
L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez has written about it and joins me now.
According to the feds, when he was serving as county supervisor, Ridley-Thomas allegedly conspired with a former dean at USC to admit Ridley-Thomas’ son, Sebastian, to graduate school.
This is just the latest scandal to rock both City Hall and USC.
L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez has written about it and joins me now.