Second in a series
Re “Legislating May Look Easy After Ridley-Thomas’s Training Gig”
[img]1987|right|Sebastian Ridley-Thomas||no_popup[/img]This is a memorable day for the newest state Assemblyman, Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D-Culver City), who never has let his youthfulness – he is 27 – interfere with the maturation process.
Elected one month and three days ago, Mr. Ridley-Thomas sits, and stands, this morning for the first time as an elected official when the returning state Legislature convened this morning in Sacramento.
How long will it take for him to feel comfortable?
“I am now,” he says.
Home and away. Mr. Ridley-Thomas’s new hometown offices are in Culver City, at Corporate Point – 310.342.1070 – and his email is assemblymember.ridley-thomas@asm.ca.gov
“A lot of news is going on,” he said, “and we will have announcements in the coming weeks about committee assignments and legislative priorities.”
During his years as a senior aide to former state Sen. Curren Price (D-Culver City), Mr. Ridley-Thomas was known for being organized and well-ordered.
“Culver City and the 54th Assembly District will be well-positioned during this legislative session,” he promised. “We are hitting the ground running.”
[img]2370|right|Vincent Harris||no_popup[/img]One sign of that is signing up the veteran Vincent Harris as Mr. Ridley-Thomas’s chief of staff. A familiar figure in state politics for years, Mr. Harris, a popular and congenial background official previously with former Gov. Gray Davis, has served on the staff of Mark Ridley-Thomas, the Assemblyman’s father, since he was elected to the County Board of Supervisors five years ago.
(To be continued)
