“Between October 2019 and June 2020, the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles paid about $609,600 to Del Richardson & Associates, a company owned by Price’s wife… Price participated and voted in favor of a $35 million federal grant and a state grant application for $252 million… Price’s staff flagged the conflict before the votes, yet he proceeded.” https://hoodline.com/2025/08/la-councilmember-curren-price-faces-additional-corruption-charges-linked-to-800k-in-payments/
“LA Metro paid Del Richardson & Associates approximately $219,500 between October 2020 and October 2021. During that time, Price voted in favor of a motion to award $30 million to LA Metro. Price’s staff had also flagged that as a conflict of interest prior to the vote.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/la-councilmember-curren-price-facing-additional-corruption-charges/ar-AA1KpvFI
“Price also allegedly funneled over $2 million in federal COVID-19 grants to a nonprofit that was a tenant of a healthcare group he ran as CEO. The DA’s office says the funds were intended for homelessness efforts.” https://lamag.com/news-and-politics/city-councilmember-curren-price-faces-new-corruption-charges
“Embezzling public funds and awarding contracts for your own financial gain is the antithesis of public service.” — DA Nathan Hochman https://da.lacounty.gov/media/news/district-attorney-files-new-public-corruption-charges-against-la-city-councilmember
Price’s staff flagged the votes. He ignored them. The ethics office stayed silent. Payments kept flowing. He ran a nonprofit. Voted on its funding. Cashed federal grants. Mayor Bass backed him. She’s vanished. $609K from HACLA. $219K from Metro. $2M to his own org. All flagged. All approved.
The DA calls it embezzlement. Price calls it politics. The council says nothing. The public isn’t confused—they’re done. Same playbook, different name. Huizar. Ridley-Thomas. Now Price. City Hall’s rot isn’t episodic. It’s structural. And no one’s fixing it.