LOS ANGELES—A federal judge ruled on Dec. 9 that Mark Ridley-Thomas, the suspended Los Angeles city councilman, will go to trial for his corruption case on Aug. 9, 2022, as residents of his district grow frustrated with their lack of representation.
Ridley-Thomas, who oversaw district 10, was suspended from office by a divided Los Angeles City Council on Oct. 20 after he and Marilyn Flynn, former dean of the University of Southern California’s (USC) School of Social Work, were indicted on 20 counts of bribery and fraud on Oct. 13. In November, a federal judge heard a summary of the prosecution’s case and requested that both sides agree on a trial date.
