The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has filed new corruption charges against embattled City Councilmember Curren Price.

District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced the charges Tuesday evening in a press release.

According to Hochman, Price is set to appear in court Thursday to face new charges related to accusations that he approved multimillion-dollar government contracts to local agencies which in turn then paid his wife more than $800,000.

The agencies, according to the D.A.'s Office, are the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or LA Metro, and the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, or HACLA.

Price has been councilmember for L.A.'s Ninth District since 2013, and was previously charged in 2023 with 10 felony public corruption-related char

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