The 43-year-old was the city's first openly gay city council member and was known for starting the tradition of raising the Gay Pride Flag on Harvey Milk Day and his close relationships with lobbyists and power brokers
If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily morning newsletter, How To LA. Every weekday, you'll get fresh, community-driven stories that catch you up with our independent local news.Jordan Brandman, the 43-year-old former Anaheim City Council member, was found dead at his home Friday night.
His body was discovered during a welfare check and has been taken to the Coroner Division of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department for an autopsy. There were no signs of foul play. No other details have been released. “It is with sorrow and sadness that we learned of the passing of former Council Member Brandman,” Mayor Ashleigh Aitken said in a press statment released by the City of Anaheim. “Any loss of life in our city is a tragedy, and my heart goes out to all who knew Jordan and who are now coping with the news of his passing.”Elected to City Council as a business-friendly Democrat in 2012, Brandman came out as gay in 2015, making him the first openly gay council member in Anaheim.
His death comes just a few months after the Los Angeles Times reported on his entanglements with lobbyists and corporate power brokers that swayed his votes on pro-Disney developments and tax-breaks, and who were subjects of an FBI criminal complaint of “ringleaders of a covert group that appeared to exert significant influence over the City of Anaheim.”
Another Times report published at the same time revealed how the city kept under wraps an investigation into other misogynistic, racist and violent text messages Brandman sent, including one about shooting up City Hall, that he later denied. Those reports also reference his mental health struggles.
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