Garth Sanders

State Assemblyman Curren Price (D-Inglewood) today criticized a proposal by the University of California that would increase the number of out-of-state students enrolled in the 10-campus system — at the expense of in-state students — as a means of collecting higher out-of-state student fees to help U.C. balance its budget and cover its costs.

This past week, we sat down with 9-year-old Jason Zeidman, whose father, Scott, is a member of the School Board.

Four months ago, as the new school year was unfolding on Tuesday, Sept.2, Jason was hit by a car on Farragut Drive.

In an event that is about as frequent as a leap year, the City Council and the Liaison Committee of the School Board actually met Tuesday evening at City Hall.

Culver City’s only two elected bodies, who seem to regard each other as rivals, talk about meeting far more frequently than they convene. And this session was branded productive.

Supervisor-elect Mark Ridley-Thomas over the weekend announced that Stephen B. Sample, President of USC, has been appointed Chair of his 2nd District Transition Team, an advisory group that will provide advice and counsel on policy issues, critical community concerns, County commission appointments, County budget priorities and related matters. The team also includes Dr. Mark Rocha, President of West Los Angeles College.

County Supervisor-elect Mark Ridley-Thomas will formally resign his position as an elected member of the State Senate on Sunday at midnight.

State Sen. Mark Ridley-Thomas’s campaign for the County Board of Supervisors charged yesterday that with six days left until the election, rival Bernard Parks is almost $340,000 in debt.

In a decision that was a blow to the Expo Line Construction Authority’s proposed street-level crossing next to Dorsey High School, a Public Utilities Commission administrative law judge has ruled that MTA’s crossing plan is unsafe and that safety concerns voiced by the South L.A. community and by LAUSD valid.

In a video statement released today on parksforsupervisor.com, former Lakers star Laker Earvin (Magic) Johnson called out state Sen. Mark Ridley-Thomas (D-Culver City) for “negative and untruthful campaigning” against L.A. City Councilman Bernard C. Parks in their race for an open seat on the County Board of Supervisors in the Nov. 4 election..

With little more than three weeks to go before the Nov. 4 election for a new County Supervisor, the campaign for state Sen. Mark Ridley-Thomas (D-Culver City) has leveled fresh allegations against rival Bernard C. Parks.

­ A Ridley-Thomas spokesman said that Mr. Parks, a Los Angeles City Council member, “has unlawfully turned his city-funded 8th District Newsletter into an anti-union propaganda bulletin in an unlawful attempt to use city resources to promote his campaign.”

School Board member Scott Zeidman was the special guest last night at the Friends of the Library’s “Spooky Story Time and Craft” event at the Julian Dixon Library.

With his young sons Jason and Brandon at his side, Mr. Zeidman arrived dressed in Halloween orange and black, armed with lighted Jack-o’-lanterns, a fiber optic Halloween pumpkin headed scarecrow, and a smack-talking lighted replica skull.