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Curren Price
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Price in 2015
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| Member of the Los Angeles City Council from the 9th district | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Jan Perry |
| President pro tempore of the Los Angeles City Council | |
| In office October 25, 2022 – June 13, 2023 |
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| Preceded by | Mitch O'Farrell |
| Succeeded by | Marqueece Harris-Dawson |
| Member of the California State Senate from the 26th district |
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| In office June 8, 2009 – July 1, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Mark Ridley-Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Holly Mitchell |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 51st district |
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| In office December 4, 2006 – June 8, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Jerome Horton |
| Succeeded by | Steve Bradford |
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| Born | December 16, 1950 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouses | Lynn Suzette Green Del Richardson Price |
| Children | Dennis Richar |
| Residences | South Los Angeles, California |
| Alma mater | Stanford University (B.A.) Santa Clara University (J.D.) |
| Occupation | Politician, Small business advocate |
| Website | www.the-new-ninth.com |
Curren De Mille Price Jr. (born December 16, 1950, in Los Angeles, California) is an American politician of the Democratic Party, currently serving as a Los Angeles city council member for District 9. Price was a California State Senator, representing the state's 26th Senate District which he won in the May 19, 2009 special election to fill the seat vacated by Mark Ridley-Thomas. He previously served as a member of the California State Assembly, representing the state's 51st Assembly District. He was first elected to that position in 2006, and was re-elected in 2008. Price resigned as state senator on July 1, 2013, to be sworn in as Los Angeles city councilman.
Price's tenure as District 9 Councilman has been marked by accusations of pay to play and FBI investigations. On June 13, 2023, Price was charged with ten criminal counts relating to corruption; including five counts of embezzlement of government funds, three counts of perjury, and two counts of conflict of interest.
Career
From 1993 to 1997, Price was a member of the Inglewood City Council, representing the city's District 1. In 1997, he was defeated in a bid to become the mayor of Inglewood. In 2001, he reclaimed his former city council seat and held it until his election to the state assembly in 2006. As a council member, he was the chair of the City Council Community Economic Development Committee.
In addition to his council responsibilities, Price served on the Los Angeles County Commission on Insurance and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's South Bay Governance Council. For several years, he also served as a consultant with the Small Business Administration-sponsored Small Business Development Center.
Price was first elected to the California State Assembly in 2006 to represent the 51st District, and was re-elected to a second term in 2008.
