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LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 03: Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas speaks to the press after casting his vote at Hot and Cool Cafe in Leimert Park on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. Mark Ridley-Thomas is running against attorney Grace Yoo for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council that is vacated by Councilman Herb Wesson. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. City Council votes to suspend Mark Ridley-Thomas amid federal charges

The L.A. City Council votes to suspend Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas one week after he was indicted on federal charges.
LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 — Supervisor second district Mark Ridley-Thomas supports the motion 49-B submitted by Janice Hahn and Kathryn Barger. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)

L.A. County supervisors order independent audit of Mark Ridley-Thomas bribery charges

Los Angeles city councilmen Curren Price and Marqueece Harris-Dawson

Two L.A. council members fight over who gets USC as redistricting heats up

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 03: Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas speaks to the press before casting his vote at Hot and Cool Cafe in Leimert Park on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. Mark Ridley-Thomas is running against attorney Grace Yoo for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council that is vacated by Councilman Herb Wesson. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. City Council president seeks to suspend Ridley-Thomas following indictment

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 03: Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas speaks to the press after casting his vote at Hot and Cool Cafe in Leimert Park on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. Mark Ridley-Thomas is running against attorney Grace Yoo for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council that is vacated by Councilman Herb Wesson. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

Mark Ridley-Thomas will ‘step back’ from council duties, but not resign

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A firefighter battles the Alisal fire along the 101 Freeway near Goleta on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021.

Column: As California continues to burn, politicians must have their feet held to the fire

ORANGE CA OCTOBER 17, 2021 - Former President Bill Clinton, standing with his wife, Hillary, was discharged from UC Irvine Medical Center Sunday morning, six days after he was admitted and treated for a urological and blood infection. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Bill Clinton heads home after spending six days in a California hospital fighting an infection

U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles), left, and former L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

Villaraigosa endorses Karen Bass for L.A. mayor

Former President Bill Clinton speaks during the second night of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday.

Former President Clinton recovering from an infection, remains hospitalized in Orange County

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Los Angeles, CA - September 29: Supervisor Hilda Solis, left, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for the 1st district, and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, right, listen to Gov. Gavin Newsom speak before he signed legislation that supports the state's work to expand mental health services and behavioral health housing as part of a comprehensive approach tackling the homelessness crisis at Alvarado Care Home in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

‘Gimme Shelter’: California’s new housing police

Gov. Gavin Newsom is emphasizing holding cities accountable for state laws on zoning and approving housing projects, including starting a new effort staffed with more than dozen employees to enforce the rules.
Los Angeles, California-Sept. 9, 2021-Rep. Karen Bass stands with her supporters at Los Angeles Trade Tech College at the kickoff to her campaign for mayor of Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2021. Representative Bass was born and raised in Los Angeles and has a new vision for the city. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Karen Bass opens her mayoral campaign — but one prominent backer is missing

Mark Ridley-Thomas faces a federal corruption indictment that threatens his legacy.

Ridley-Thomas was at the center of L.A.’s fight against homelessness. What happens now?

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 03: Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas speaks to the press after casting his vote at Hot and Cool Cafe in Leimert Park on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. Mark Ridley-Thomas is running against attorney Grace Yoo for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council that is vacated by Councilman Herb Wesson. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

Column: Why South L.A. is staying loyal to Ridley-Thomas, even as he faces federal charges

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 28: Anthony Kong, Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) firefighter paramedic, prepares a Moderna COVID-19 vaccination to be given to LAFD personnel at Station 4 on Monday, Dec. 28, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. Mayor of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti and Ralph M. Terrazas, LAFD fire chief, were there to observe the rollout of the vaccination program. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

Column: The clock is ticking on those unvaccinated L.A. city workers. Will they come around?

After 30 years in the political spotlight, Ridley-Thomas is suddenly under a cloud

Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas says he won’t resign, plans to fight bribery charges

Ridley-Thomas indictment brings fresh uncertainty to an already unsettled City Hall

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LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - JANUARY 14: Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, left, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, talk after press confrence at the Lone Star Board and Care in Los Angeles, Calif. on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Gov. Gavin Newsom is also visiting a board and care as part of his week long homelessness tour. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

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Column: Ridley-Thomas, a heavy lifter on homelessness, now carries weight of bribery charges

A federal bribery indictment threatens to taint one of longest-serving Los Angeles politicians.

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