Councilman Curren Price will serve as the next president pro tempore of the Los Angeles City Council, after his colleagues voted 11-0 Tuesday to appoint him to the post.
"At a time of rising violence, great animosity and hateful rhetoric, we must come together and claim who we are as a city,'' Price said.
"His leadership is one of a coalition builder, and he has exemplified that ability in his own district to bridge the divides,'' Rodriguez said. O'Farrell, who has served as president pro tempore since last fall and briefly served as acting council president following Martinez's resignation, will relinquish his leadership post on the council.
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