We need transparency in the selection process! No hand-picked CD10 appointee! We need a community-driven selection process. No more backroom deals. Despite Council President Nury Martinez’s hasty and self-serving efforts to appoint her mentor and ally, Herb Wesson, last Thursday a Judge issued [https://www.cd10voices.com/lat-judge-issues-restraining-order-blocking-herb-wesson-from-serving-on-l-a-city-council/] a

> John Sweeney and plaintiffs announce they have halted the selection of Herb Wesson to take the seat of #LA [https://twitter.com/hashtag/LA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] council member Mark Ridley Thomas while he is fighting the lawsuit against him. The group seeks a different

BY THE TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD [https://www.latimes.com/people/the-times-editorial-board] FEB. 25, 2022 1:51 PM PT Just two days after Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez rushed through a vote to appoint former Councilman Herb Wesson to fill the seat of suspended Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, a judge

Lisa Collins Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mary H. Strobel issued a temporary restraining order earlier today that will bar Herb Wesson from taking part in city council business until March 17, when a court will rule on a lawsuit that has challenged his eligibility to serve in the seat

BY DAVID ZAHNISER [https://www.latimes.com/people/david-zahniser] STAFF WRITER FEB. 24, 2022 11:25 AM PT A Superior Court judge on Thursday blocked the city of Los Angeles from allowing former Councilman Herb Wesson to return to City Hall [https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-22/los-angeles-city-council-selects-herb-wesson-to-fill-ridley-thomas-seat-temporarily] , handing

FEB. 23, 2022 3 AM PT To the editor: I commend the Southern Christian Leadership Council of Southern California for the legal action it is taking [https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-18/group-sues-to-reinstate-mark-ridley-thomas] to protect the rights of Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas. Replacing Ridley-Thomas with someone else,

By JAMES M LAWSON JR [https://www.dailynews.com/author/james-m-lawson-jr/], MARY S MINOR [https://www.dailynews.com/author/mary-s-minor/] and XAVIER THOMPSON [https://www.dailynews.com/author/xavier-thompson/] | PUBLISHED: February 22, 2022 at 2:45 p.m. | UPDATED: February 22, 2022 at 2:45 p.m. Overseeing his last

Council President Nury Martinez continues to disenfranchise CD10 constituents by denying them representation by the candidate of their choice. Her power grab motion to appoint Herb Wesson to represent CD10 is on the LA City Council agenda tomorrow Tuesday, February 22 at 10AM. We need to call into the meeting

Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Southern California filed a lawsuit on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, to get Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas reinstated to the Los Angeles City Council. Read the full document here [https://cd10voices.ghost.io/ghost/#/editor/post/6212f63915bd64003ba77167]. Lawsuit To Reinstate Mark Ridley-Thomas | PDF | Mandamus | WritSouthern Christian Leadership

By ELIZABETH CHOU [https://www.dailynews.com/author/elizabeth-chou/] | hchou@scng.com | Daily News PUBLISHED: February 18, 2022 at 8:17 p.m. | UPDATED: February 18, 2022 at 8:42 p.m. A Los Angeles civil rights group and others filed a writ in court on Friday, Feb. 18, that

BY DAVID ZAHNISER [https://www.latimes.com/people/david-zahniser] STAFF WRITER FEB. 18, 2022 7:33 PM PT A civil rights group asked a judge on Friday to strike down the Los Angeles City Council’s suspension of Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas and halt the plan for replacing him with former

by Contributing Editor [https://mynewsla.com/author/contributing-editor/] February 18, 2022 The Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Southern California filed a lawsuit Friday aimed at getting Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas reinstated to the Los Angeles City Council, from which he was suspended in October after his indictment in a federal corruption

By Jon Regardie [https://www.lamag.com/author/jon-regardie/] -February 18, 2022 One of the fiercest, and strangest, battles to hit City Hall in some time is unfolding around the possibility of replacing suspended council member Mark-Ridley Thomas. The issue has already opened a chasm among opposing factions in the

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Last October, the City Council, acting on a motion introduced by the Council President Nury Martinez only 24 hours earlier, suspended Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas without input from CD10 residents. This disenfranchised CD10 constituents by denying them representation by the candidate of their choice. It also denied the Councilmember the presumption

Editor’s Note: Just before press time, City Council President Nury Martinez made a motion to appoint former District 10 Councilman Herb Wesson to substitute for Mark Ridley-Thomas, pending Council approval. By Rev. K.W. Tulloss and Rev. Norman S. Johnson, Sr. Guest Oped If L.A. City Council President

By Kisha Smith L.A. Focus: South L.A. Pastors Call on City Controller to Reinstate Suspended Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas’ Pay and Benefits: Action to strip Ridley-Thomas of his compensation was taken unilaterally, says L.A. City Council President Nury Martinez A delegation of South L.A. pastors whose congregants

BY DAVID ZAHNISER [https://www.latimes.com/people/david-zahniser] STAFF WRITER FEB. 16, 2022UPDATED 6:06 PM PT Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez on Wednesday called for former Councilman Herb Wesson [https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-15/with-ridley-thomas-still-suspended-some-want-herb-wesson] to return on a temporary basis, representing the South

BY DAVID ZAHNISER [https://www.latimes.com/people/david-zahniser] STAFF WRITER FEB. 15, 2022UPDATED 7:50 PM PT Former Los Angeles Councilman Herb Wesson stepped away from public life in 2020, forced out of office by term limits and soundly defeated in his bid [https://www.latimes.com/california/story/

CD10Voices.com is the website administered by CD10Voices for Empowerment. CD10Voices for Empowerment is a network of City of Los Angeles 10th Council District (CD10) constituents, residents and stakeholders.  We are committed to ensuring accountable representation in the CD10 Council seat rendered empty in October 2021 by the unjust and

By Bev Rowe and Harry McElroy, Guest Columnists As we celebrate Black History Month, there are several disturbing actions occurring at City Hall that could have a long lasting impact on Black residents and the broader South Los Angeles community. The current situation with the council member for the 10th

Local Focus: Rev. KW Tullous is Part of the Movement to Reinstate Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas to Represent District Ten (2-10-22 #1) Pastor K.W. Tulloss is the Senior Pastor of the historical Weller Street Missionary Baptist Church located in the Downtown, Boyle Heights region of Los Angeles and he is

Originally published by LAFocusNewspaper.com, written by Lisa Collins. In a strongly worded letter dated February 7, Attorney John Sweeney—who has been retained on behalf of Tenth District residents and the SCLC—informed members of the L.A. City Council and its president, Nury Martinez, that they were prepared