Nate Holden, former senator and La council member, dies at 95 – NBC Los Angeles

The former city council of Los Angeles, Nate Holden, died on Wednesday at the age of 95, said his family La Supervisor Janice Hahn.

Holden worked in the public sector as a city council member, senator and deputy head of the former supervisor of Los Angeles County, Kenneth Hahn.

Hahn says she remembers Holden or how she referred to him: “Uncle Nate” as a force that you have to expect in the Hahn family.

Holden was born on June 19, 1929 in Macon, Georgia. He was elected to the California Senate in 1974, where he served until 1978.

During his term in office, Holden helped the author California’s Housing Financial Discrimination Act or the Holden Act, which prohibited financial institutions of discrimination based on breed, religion, gender or marital status.

In a statement, Mayor Karen Bass wrote:

“Nate Holden leaves a legacy of duty and strength. In his life he presented the community in south -ososlos Angeles.