LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles City Council returns from a two-week recess April 11, and the major item on its first day back will be to decide whether to appoint Heather Hutt to fill out the remainder of former Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas’s 10th District seat, following his recent conviction on federal corruption charges.
Council President Paul Krekorian has announced his intention to have Hutt—who had been filling the seat on a temporary basis—appointed by the council to serve out the remainder of the unexpired term, which runs through December 2024.
When Ridley-Thomas was convicted March 30, his seat officially became vacant, and Hutt’s stint as a temporary councilwoman also ended. Krekorian immediately named Hutt as the seat’s “caretaker,” and at the same time announced his intention to have the council vote, in its first session back, to appoint her for the rest of the term….