Promotor Mark Ridley-Thomas

Mark Ridley-Thomas has represented the nearly 2.3 million people of the Second District on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors since December 2008. Tydens sy eerste jaar in die amp, he shepherded through an agreement with the University of California to provide medical services at the new Martin Luther King Jr. Hospitaal, geskeduleer vir laat oopmaak in 2012. He also persuaded the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to fund a light rail system from Crenshaw Boulevard to Los Angeles International Airport and move up the opening from 2029 om so vroeg as 2016. Saam, the hospital and rail projects will generate more than $2 billion in spending and create over 16,000 werk.

Ridley-Thomas is the first African American man ever to serve on the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors. His district includes Carson, Compton, Culver City, Gardena, Hawthorne, Inglewood en Lynwood, gedeeltes van of al 10 Los Angeles City Council Districts and the unincorporated communities of Alondra Park, Athene, Air, Dominguez, Oos Compton, El Camino Village, Florence, Ladera Heights, Lennox, View Park, West Athene, West Carson, West Compton, Willowbrook and Wiseburn.

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