Mark Ridley-Thomas won 61.5% of the votes in the highly contested race for the 2nd district seat.  His opponent Councilman Bernard Parks received just 38.5% of the votes.  Arts for LA congratulates Supervisor-elect Ridley-Thomas and looks forward to working with his team to strengthen the arts and culture in LA County. 

Ridley-Thomas wil be sworn in at noon on December 1st. Parks will remain on the City Council where he chair's the Budget and Finance Committee.

The LA Times reported that the the reopening King Hospital, which was closed in 2007 and consider increasing retirement benefits of public safety officers, are on the top of Ridley-Thomas' priority list.  The Times did not report on his arts and cultural agenda.

Arts for LA surveyed both candidates on their awareness of and commitment to arts and culture in in LA County.  Click here to read the responses

LA Times Archive: Mark Ridley-Thomas

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