Councilmember Curren Price Announces Plans to Rename Portions of Figueroa Street to ‘Kobe Bryant Boulevard:’
Councilmember Curren Price on Aug. 25 introduced a motion to rename a stretch of Figueroa Street from Olympic Boulevard to Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in honor of the basketball great Kobe Bryant. Councilman Price announced the motion on Kobe Bryant Day, August 24, alongside motion co-author Councilmember Herb Wesson, and KDAY radio personality Cece Valencia, as well as Lakers fans outside of the Staples Center.