A judge on Tuesday set a Nov. 3 court date for a hearing to begin on whether there is sufficient evidence to require Los Angeles City Councilman Curren Price to stand trial in an alleged public corruption case .

The 74-year-old councilman from the Ninth District — who appeared in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom — is charged with five counts of grand theft by embezzlement of public funds, four counts of conflict of interest and three counts of perjury by declaration.

The hearing in November is expected to last numerous days.

Meanwhile, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Sean D. Coen rejected a challenge from the defense contesting the legal sufficiency of the complaint — a move that could have resulted in the dismissal of the case — against Price, who was initially charged in Ju

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