$3.66DESIGNATEDAREASHIGHER©2023latimes.comTUESDAY,AUGUST29,2023Getthestoryasit’shappening.Downloadtheappforinstantbreakingnewsalerts.Afederaljudgehassen-tencedMarkRidley-Thom-as,onceatoweringfigureinLosAngelespolitics,to42monthsinprison,markingadevastatingcodatohislongcareerasalocalpowerbro-kerandadvocateforcivilrightsandracialequity.ThesentencewasissuedMondaymorningbyU.S.DistrictJudgeDaleFischer,whopresidedoverRidley-Thomas’criminaltrialinMarch.Inadditiontothe3½-yearprisonterm,theformerpoliticianwasfined$30,000andwillbesubjecttothreeyearsofsupervisedrelease.“Ridley-Thomashascommittedseriouscrimes,hasnotacceptedresponsi-bilityandhasshownnore-morse,”...