Herb Wesson was cleared by a judge to begin serving as a temporary replacement for City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, who was suspended from service following his indictment on federal corruption charges.
The L.A. City Council voted unanimously to appoint former Councilman Herb Wesson to represent the city's 10th District as a replacement for Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas.
The SCLC of Southern California's lawsuit is aimed at reinstating Ridley-Thomas to the City Council. Ridley-Thomas, who was the executive director of the organization's Greater Los Angeles chapter from 1981-1991, was suspended from the council in October following the federal indictment. The motion to appoint Wesson as a temporary replacement for Ridley-Thomas was unanimously passed by the City Council on Feb. 22. According to the appointment, Wesson is supposed to hold the position through Dec. 31 unless Ridley-Thomas is acquitted or the charges against him are dropped.
The trial for Ridley-Thomas and former dean of the USC School of Social Work Marilyn Flynn is tentatively set to begin Aug. 9. The defendants are charged in a 20-count indictment alleging a secret deal whereby Ridley-Thomas -- when he was a member of the county Board of Supervisors -- agreed to steer county money to the university in return for admitting his son Sebastian Ridley-Thomas into graduate school with a full-tuition scholarship and a paid professorship.
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