LA city councilman Curren Price faces trial for alleged public corruption

A Los Angeles metropolis council member will stand trial on public corruption expenses after a decide dominated prosecutors had offered sufficient proof to maneuver ahead, the Los Angeles County District Legal professional’s Workplace stated Wednesday.

Los Angeles County Superior Courtroom Decide Shelly Torrealba ordered Curren Value, a Democrat representing town’s ninth District, to reply expenses on all 12 counts, together with embezzlement of public funds, battle of curiosity and perjury, after a six-day preliminary listening to.

“This is a crucial step towards holding LA Council Member Curren Value accountable for years of alleged corruption,” Los Angeles County District Legal professional Nathan Hochman stated in an announcement.

“Our Public Integrity Division has been ready to go to trial for the reason that expenses had been initially filed. The principles are clear: elected officers can not enrich themselves on the expense of their constituents, can not lie on disclosure varieties, and can’t vote on issues through which they’ve a battle of curiosity,” he added.

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Curren Value attends a courtroom listening to on September 16, 2025, on the Clara Shortridge Foltz Felony Justice Middle in Los Angeles. (Carlin Stiehl/Los Angeles Occasions through Getty Photos)

Value’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.

Prosecutors allege the councilman improperly voted on metropolis initiatives that financially benefited his spouse and did not disclose these conflicts on required state varieties.

Additionally they say he embezzled about $33,800 in metropolis funds between 2013 and 2017 and used his place in metropolis authorities to award metropolis leases and greater than $2 million in federal COVID-19 grants to the nonprofit Dwelling at Final, a paying tenant of City Healthcare Challenge, the place Value was CEO on the time of the vote.

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Curren Value’s Metropolis Corridor workplace on June 23, 2023 in Los Angeles. (Brian Van Der Brug/Los Angeles Occasions through Getty Photos)

Value has denied any wrongdoing and his arraignment is scheduled for March 13.

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The town council member was initially charged in 2023 with 5 felony counts of embezzlement of public funds, two misdemeanor counts of battle of curiosity and three misdemeanor counts of perjury.

Curren Value speaks throughout a Los Angeles Metropolis Council assembly at Metropolis Corridor on June 13, 2023. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Occasions through Getty Photos)

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An amended grievance filed in August 2025 added two extra counts of battle of curiosity, alleging that the Metropolis of Los Angeles Housing Authority and LA Metro paid Value’s spouse greater than $800,000 whereas he voted to award the companies multimillion-dollar contracts.

The Los Angeles County District Legal professional’s Workplace stated if convicted, Value might face a most sentence of 11 years and 4 months, with a most of 9 years and 4 months in state jail and a most of two years in jail.