COMPTON – Former Compton councilwoman Michelle (Lomax) Chambers is running to become the next Senator for District 35 in the upcoming November election. Fresh off the heels of battling accusations of calling her former council colleague’s son a racial slur, documents reveal a darker side to the candidate that could cause concern to voters.
Documents were received by 2UrbanGirls that indicate Chambers has a history of erratic behavior based on court records filed in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Chambers is originally from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as indicated in multiple postings on her social media accounts.
In 2002, she pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and simple assault charges and a decade prior, in 1993, she faced felony aggravated assault charges related to stabbing a woman who was two months pregnant. Because she pleaded guilty, the charges were dropped to simple assault.
These are not isolated incidents. Chambers continued to allow her temper to get the best of her once she was elected to the Compton City Council in 2021.
In 2021, Chambers was accused by then Compton Councilman Isaac Galvan of using a racial slur in reference to his young son. An accusation Chambers vehemently denied at the time.
Galvan made the claim during the public portion of the July 13, 2021, council meeting.
“That is not true,” Chambers replied, according to a video of the public meeting. “You are not telling the truth.”
According to Compton Mayor Emma Sharif and Councilman Jonathan Bowers she did in fact make the slur and told investigators tasked with investigating the allegation under then City Attorney Damon Brown.
Sharif and Bowers said in separate interviews that they heard Chambers use the slur during the 2021 meeting. Sharif said she did not admit it during the investigation because she wanted to respect the rules of the closed session, which forbid making the discussion public.
Bowers called the investigation a “scam.”
“I said I heard several things. And then in that investigation, they go, ‘Oh, we determined Michelle didn’t say anything.’ That’s just not true,” Bowers said.
Both Brown and Chambers would leave their elected positions in 2022 for jobs in the California Department of Justice under Attorney General Rob Bonta.
Upon being elected and before being officially sworn in, Chambers caused a raucous with then City Manager Cecil Rhambo over furniture in her office. The situation elevated to Rhambo tendering his resignation over the manner in which Chambers berated him.
He has since reversed course and endorsed her candidacy for state senate.
To read the court documents and Rhambo’s resignation letter click here.
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This DRUNK Mother#%€ker Michelle LOMAX-Chambers all over the place! Now she a mobile PlannedParent Hood. She don’t need to be in nobody government. She need to be in a Jail to DETOX