Richard Riordan, former Los Angeles mayor, has died at 92
1 year, 8 months ago

Richard Riordan, former Los Angeles mayor, has died at 92

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Richard Riordan, the moderate Republican multimillionaire who won two terms as mayor in Democrat-friendly Los Angeles following the city’s 1992 riots, has died. “Mayor Richard Riordan loved Los Angeles, and devoted so much of himself to bettering our city," Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement late Wednesday. Critics also accused him of failing to support a thorough investigation of one of Los Angeles' worst police scandals, one that saw officers who patrolled the city's poor, gang-ridden Rampart neighborhood beating, harassing, extorting, framing and even shooting innocent people. After his loss, Riordan announced plans to start a daily newspaper to challenge the Los Angeles Times, with which he'd feuded as mayor, but nothing came of it.

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‘One of a kind’: Family, civic leaders mourn Richard Riordan at cathedral he championed
1 year, 7 months ago

‘One of a kind’: Family, civic leaders mourn Richard Riordan at cathedral he championed

LA Times  

An LAPD color guard folds the American flag during the memorial Mass Friday for former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, who died April 19 at the age of 92. In a concrete cathedral at the edge of a freeway, several generations of Los Angeles civic leaders mourned former Mayor Richard J. Riordan at a Friday afternoon Mass. That “healthy and …

Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan dies at 92
1 year, 8 months ago

Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan dies at 92

LA Times  

Richard J. Riordan, the take-charge venture capitalist who as mayor shepherded Los Angeles’ rebound from the 1992 riots, expanded its Police Department and masterminded its recovery from the Northridge earthquake, has died at his Brentwood home. “Mayor Richard Riordan loved Los Angeles, and devoted so much of himself to bettering our city,” said Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. “We’ve gotten …

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