LA Councilmember Curren Price hospitalized after fainting at City Hall

Los Angeles City Councilmember Curren Price was transported to Los Angeles General Medical Center Wednesday after fainting at City Hall prior to a Black History Month celebration.

“Earlier this morning, Councilman Price was with us out in the rotunda. Some folks witnessed that he fainted. The ambulance came and transported him to General Hospital, where he’s in stable condition,” Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson said.

“He is in recovery and doing well, but out of abundance of caution, obviously he won’t be with us in council today,” Harris-Dawson added.

The council president said Price is getting “good care” and is doing fine.

Price previously experienced a health incident at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Los Angeles Convention Center Expansion Project in October 2025.

The 75-year-old councilman is facing public corruption charges and was ordered last week to stand trial following a multi-day preliminary hearing. Price has pleaded not guilty to a dozen felony counts, including grand theft by embezzlement of public funds, conflict of interest and perjury.

He remains free on his own recognizance and is scheduled to be arraigned March 13.