The Region - News from Dec. 2, 1986
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Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley is expected today to endorse City Public Works Commissioner Homer F. Broome Jr. for election to the 10th District City Council seat. The Southwest Los Angeles district was represented by former Councilman David Cunningham, who resigned in September and took a job as an investment banking executive. Broome, like Bradley a retired Los Angeles Police officer, was appointed by the mayor in 1981 to the full-time, $52,000 public works position.
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