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Bradley aide Doris Meyer, Valley's liaison, dies at 83

Doris "Dodo" Meyer, former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley's longtime community liaison for the San Fernando Valley, died Saturday in Santa Monica. She was 83.

Meyer was Bradley's eyes and ears in the Valley for 17 years and was sometimes called "the mayor of the Valley" for her efforts to bring constituent concerns to City Hall.

Active in local politics, Meyer was one of the key organizers of the black-Jewish coalition that helped elect L.A.'s first African-American mayor."She was the engine behind the campaign in the Valley," said Bee Lavery, who also worked on Bradley's campaign in the Valley and later served as his chief of protocol. "She was 5-feet-2 and a real dynamo."

Meyer was born in Racine, Wis., on Dec. 4, 1924. Her family moved to Los Angeles in 1939 when her father, Nathan Blumberg, became president of Universal Studios.

Meyer was 15 when her family built a house in the then-rural Valley   Read Full Article...