Danny Tabor

Daniel K. Tabor, is an American politician who served as mayor of Inglewood, California, the third African-American to hold the position.

Biography Tabor was raised in Inglewood graduated from Morningside High School. After college, he worked as counsellor in Inglewood schools. He was a negotiator of the settlement agreement between Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and the LAX Coalition for Economic, Environmental and Educational justice which brought $500 million in investments to local communities. He served on the Inglewood City Council representing the 1st District from 2002 to 2010. (Inglewood was 50% Hispanic and 43% African-American in 2010). In 2008, he brought the feuding groups together for a "Day of Dialogue." In August 2010, Tabor won a runoff election to fill the remainder of Dorn's term besting his nearest opponent, 2nd District Council member Judy Dunlap. As he did not obtain a majority of the votes cast, a runoff election was scheduled in January 2011. The Los Angeles Sentinel described it as a "tumultuous year of elections" for the city, with a close race between the two candidates while the city was operating at an $18 million deficit.

Tabor is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.