Corky Boozé

Courtland "Corky" Boozé was a Richmond City Councilman for Richmond, California. He was successfully elected on the tenth election, in 2010.
History
In the 1960s he was a drag racer. In 1972 he was the first African-American to win the Winternationals in Pomona. In the 1980s he worked as a school teacher and ran a small business. He then began running for city council of Richmond, losing nine times before being elected in 2010. He was a vocal critic of mayor Irma Anderson during her tenure. Tom Butt has described him as knowing more about the happenings of Richmond especially the African-American community than anyone else. He stated that crime reduction was his number one priority.
In 2012 he unveiled a drugs drop off box along with councilmen Jeff Ritterman, state senator Loni Hancock and the Richmond Police Department. Boozé has worked with the community to discourage gun violence. In 2016 when running for reelection he stated that he would bulldoze downtown and start over with new units. During his failed 2016 reelection bid he stated he wanted to continue his tenure on the council to support Richmond BUILD (a construction training program), and Terminal One a port expansion.

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