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NAACP Request to Use City Council Chambers for Candidates Forum
You have an opportunity to hear from and engage with 2024 political candidates at a community forum in your city.
Jan 23, 2024
NAACP Request for City Council Chambers for Candidates Forum
This forum gives you a chance to meet and hear from candidates running for city office before you vote in March.
Jan 23, 2024
Travel Authorization for International Council of Shopping Centers Conference
Apr 26, 2022
Travel Authorization for California Contract Cities Association Annual Seminar
Apr 26, 2022
Travel Authorization for United States Conference of Mayors Annual Meeting
Apr 26, 2022
Request to Authorize Travel for Elected Officials to Independent Cities Association Winter Seminar 2022
Dec 28, 2021
Authorize Travel to California Contract Cities Association Conference
Dec 21, 2021
FBI Search of Council Member's Residence
Federal investigators searched a Compton City Council member's home as part of a corruption investigation into illegal payments from cannabis businesses.
Nov 9, 2021
Removal of Mayor Pro Tem Councilman Isaac Galvan
Oct 12, 2021
Removal of Mayor Pro-Tem Isaac Galvan
Sep 14, 2021
Authorize travel for elected officials to California Contract Cities Association summit
Sep 7, 2021
Mayor Pro-Tem Appointment - Councilman Isaac Galvan
Jul 6, 2021
Mayor Pro-Tem Appointment
Jul 6, 2021
Appointment of Officers to Emergency Standby Council
Jun 2, 2020
Appointment of Emergency Standby Council Members
Jun 2, 2020
Request for City Council Chambers for Candidate Forum
You will have an opportunity to meet and learn about candidates running for office in the April 16, 2019 election.
Feb 26, 2019
Request Use of Council Chambers for Candidate Forum
Feb 26, 2019
Dedication of Three City Recreational Facilities for Community Leaders
Your city is honoring important community figures by naming recreational facilities after them, celebrating local leaders who have contributed to Compton.
Sep 11, 2018
Travel Request for Black Congressional Legislative Caucus
Jul 24, 2018
Travel Request Independent Cities Association Summer Seminar
May 22, 2018
Sep 29, 2025
town hall
The Compton [NAACP](https://www.naacp.org) and City of Compton hosted a town hall with LA County District Attorney Nathan Hochman, who outlined major policy reversals from his predecessor, including removing blanket non-prosecution directives for homeless encampment crimes and juvenile misdemeanors. Hochman detailed his office's priorities on fentanyl enforcement, human trafficking prosecution, wrongful conviction reviews, and retail theft deterrence, while emphasizing a 'hard middle' approach that rejects both mass incarceration and decarceration. The DA disclosed that his office has reduced a backlog of over 10,000 unfiled cases to under 6,000 and revealed that a single apartment raid in Downey seized 50 pounds of fentanyl—enough for 11 million lethal doses. Hochman stated his office does not coordinate with ICE and expressed concern that federal immigration enforcement is deterring victims and witnesses from appearing in court. He committed to an open-door policy with the Compton [NAACP](https://www.naacp.org)'s Court Watch program and pledged to return for future community engagement.
Jan 23, 2024
city council
The council's largest spending approval was a three-year agreement with General Pump Company for water well and booster pump services, passed 3-0 (Spicer, Darden, and Mayor Sharif yes; Duhart and Bowers absent); the structured agenda shows General Pump Company across three separate line items — $1.62 million, $540,471 (recurring annual), and $194,450 — all drawn from ARPA funds, totaling approximately $2.36 million directed to a single vendor. The council also approved a purchase order with UniFirst Corporation for public works uniforms, with the structured agenda showing two line items totaling $28,258 ($20,000 recurring and $8,258), passed 3-0 on the same vote configuration. A $149,718 HVAC replacement contract for Priority Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc., to be funded from the Insurance Recovery Fund, was continued to a future date because it requires a 4/5 vote and only three of five members were present; a discussion item on the NAACP's request to use council chambers was also continued. Two residents — Lynn Boone and Cordell Marquez — questioned Item 4 during public comment, citing the absence of any public accounting of prior ARPA-funded well work and asking why the contract addresses only a portion of the city's wells; a staff member responded that the agreement covers maintenance across a total of eight wells.