Former Mayor Richard Riordan was remembered during Friday's Mass as a transformational figure who guided L.A. in the aftermath of civil unrest and helped it cope with the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
In towering concrete cathedral at the edge of a freeway, several generations of Los Angeles civic leaders mourned former Mayor Richard J. Riordan at a Friday afternoon Mass. Riordan died April 19 at the age of 92.
“Mayor Riordan acted with impatience,” Bass said. That “healthy and heartfelt impatience” was the mark of a leader who believed the people of his city deserved “swift decisions and urgent action.”Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, left, offers her condolences to Elizabeth Riordan, the widow of former Mayor Richard J. Riordan.
His impatience helped speed the rebuilding of the city, Bass said, adding that there was “much to learn and emulate from his time as mayor.”Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, who guided the city through the aftermath of the Rodney King riots and the 1994 Northridge earthquake, was remembered today as a man with an indomitable spirit who understood leadership and took action to address the needs of the city and of its people.
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