He was mayor from 1993-2001 and was the last Republican to hold the office. He also served in the administration of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
, who served two terms in the 1990s and saw the city through the 1994 Northridge earthquake, died Wednesday evening, his family announced. He was 92.
Calling Riordan their “beloved husband, father, grandfather and uncle,” the family said he “passed peacefully this evening at his home in Brentwood, surrounded by his wife Elizabeth, family, friends and precious pet dogs.” Riordan was mayor from 1993-2001 and was the last Republican to hold the office. A moderate, he was reelected in 1997 with more than 60% of the vote. Term limits prevented him from running a third time.
“Mayor Richard Riordan loved Los Angeles, and devoted so much of himself to bettering our City,” current Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement. “He always had a place in his heart for the children of LA, and worked to improve how the City served our youth and communities as a passionate member of the Los Angeles Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners.”
Riordan ran for governor in 2002 but was defeated by businessman Bill Simon in the GOP primary, despite Riordan having the backing of the White House. Democrat Gray Davis won the race but was recalled a year later; Riordan then served in the administration of Arnold Schwarzenegger, who won the race to replace Davis.
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