Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan dies at 92

wife Elizabeth, family, friends and precious pet dogs,” his family announced Wednesday night. Riordan was 92.

Riordan, the only Republican to hold the nonpartisan position since 1961 when Norris Poulson lost a bid for a third term, was elected in 1993, succeeding Tom Bradley, who held the position for a record 20 years.

By City News Service

Riordan took office slightly more than a year after the rioting that followed the verdict in the state trial of the Los Angeles Police Department officers accused in the beating of motorist Rodney King, then had another challenge to face in his first year in office — the 1994 Northridge earthquake.

“Mayor Richard Riordan loved Los Angeles, and devoted so much of himself to bettering our city,” Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement. “He always had a place in his heart for the children of LA, and worked to improve how the city served our youth and communities as a passionate member of the Los Angeles Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners.

“Mayor Riordan’s legacy includes our city’s iconic

Central Library, which he saved and rebuilt, and which today carries his name.

“In the wake of the Northridge earthquake, Mayor Riordan set the standard for emergency action. He reassured us and delivered a response with an intensity that still pushes us all to be faster and stronger amidst crisis.”

Los Angeles City Council investigation of this fire.”

The attorney said the flawed probe was “not done according to the basic principles of fire science.” He said other causes were either not explored or done only “halfheartedly” so.

“This should have been labeled an undetermined fire,” Phlaum said. “The cause of this fire will be forever undetermined.”

Trabuco Canyon “is sort of a place apart in Orange County,” Phlaum said. “People go there to get away.”

Clark told Banh at one point that he resided there “because he had trouble being around other people,” Phlaum said.

The area represents a significant fire danger, Phlaum said. As such it is “highly regulated,” and residents must clear brush regularly, he added.

President Paul Krekorian said Riordan loved Los Angeles and his contributions to the city are extraordinary and lasting.

“When the city was devastated by the Northridge earthquake he threw every ounce of his energy and managerial skill into the city’s recovery, and

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