Curren Price Jr., the LA City Council District 9 representative, was taken to the hospital after he fainted during a Black History Month event at City Hall on Wednesday, according to Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson.
“Earlier this morning, Councilman Price was with us out in the rotunda. Some folks witnessed that he fainted,” Harris-Dawson said during a council meeting. “The ambulance came and transported him to [Los Angeles General Medical Center] where he’s in stable condition, is in recovery and doing well.”
Angelina Valencia-Dumarot, Price’s spokesperson, told The LA Local in an email that Price “is alert, talking and engaged, and is currently resting while undergoing medical evaluations as a precaution.”
Price was co-hosting the event that had a special exhibition called “When Black Women Lead: Communities Thrive, Everybody Wins,” according to a news release from Harris-Dawson’s office. The event recognized “a group of trailblazing women whose work has shaped public policy, economic opportunity, health equity, housing, philanthropy, arts and culture, and community advocacy,” the release read.
Wednesday’s incident comes a week after Price, 75, learned that he has to stand trial to face corruption charges.
After a six-day preliminary hearing, Price now faces 12 felony counts including five counts of grand theft by embezzlement of public funds, four counts of conflict of interest and three counts of perjury by declaration.
Price faces up to 11 years in prison if convicted on all charges. He has pleaded not guilty.