{{Short description|American politician who served as the mayor of Inglewood, California}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = | image = Daniel K. Tabor, mayor of Inglewood CA.jpg | birth_name = Daniel K. Tabor | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = | other_party = | office = Mayor of Inglewood, California | predecessor = Roosevelt F. Dorn | successor = James T. Butts Jr. | term_start = September 14, 2010 | term_end = January 27, 2011 | office2 = City Council of Inglewood | term_start2 = 2002 | term_end2 = 2010 | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''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.<ref name=Smart2>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink =|title=Political Philosophy for Daniel K. Tabor, Candidate for Mayor; City of Inglewood |website=Smart Voter League of Women Voters|date=October 20, 2010|url=http://www.smartvoter.org/2010/11/02/ca/la/vote/tabor_d/philosophy.html |accessdate=}}</ref> After college, he worked as counsellor in Inglewood schools.<ref name=Smart2/>

Tabor served as the Southern California Liaison for the Office of the Secretary, United States Department of Commerce, under Secretary Ronald H. Brown from 1993 to 1996.<ref name=Smart>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink =|title=Full Biography for Daniel K. Tabor, Candidate for Mayor; City of Inglewood |website=Smart Voter League of Women Voters|date=October 20, 2010|url=http://www.smartvoter.org/2010/11/02/ca/la/vote/tabor_d/bio.html |accessdate=}}</ref> 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.<ref name=Smart/><ref>{{Cite web|first1=Laurie|last1=Kaye|first2=Jerilyn |last2=Lopez Mendoza |authorlink =|title=Everybody Wins - Lessons From Negotiating Community Benefits Agreements In Los Angeles |website=Environmental Defense|date=2008 |url=https://community-wealth.org/sites/clone.community-wealth.org/files/downloads/paper-kaye-mendoza.pdf |accessdate=}}</ref> He served on the Inglewood City Council representing the 1st District<ref name=Taylor>{{Cite news|first= Francis|last= Taylor |authorlink =|title=Inglewood's Mayor: Danny Tabor |newspaper=Los Angeles Sentinel|date= September 2, 2010|url= https://lasentinel.net/inglewood-s-mayor-danny-tabor.html |accessdate=}}</ref> from 2002 to 2010.<ref name=Smart/> He was instrumental in easing tensions between the declining African-American population and the increasing Hispanic population which had led to a sharp increase in gang violence<ref>{{Cite news|first= Reese|last= Gregg |authorlink =|title=Tensions shroud Inglewood in the wake of homicides |newspaper=Our Weekly Los Angeles|date= December 15, 2010|url= http://ourweekly.com/news/2010/dec/15/tensions-shroud-inglewood-in-the-wake-of-homicides/ |accessdate=}}</ref> (Inglewood was 50% Hispanic and 43% African-American in 2010). In 2008, he brought the feuding groups together for a "Day of Dialogue."<ref name=Smart/>

On January 24, 2010, the prior mayor of Inglewood, Roosevelt F. Dorn, stepped down from the position and pled guilty the following day to a misdemeanor conflict of interest charge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV&sectionNum=1090.|title=Law section}}</ref> In August 2010, Tabor won a runoff election to fill the remainder of Dorn's term<ref name=Breeze>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink =|title= Inglewood to elect new mayor today |newspaper=Daily Breeze|date=January 10, 2011 |url= https://www.dailybreeze.com/2011/01/10/inglewood-to-elect-new-mayor-today/ |accessdate=}}</ref> besting his nearest opponent, 2nd District Council member Judy Dunlap.<ref name=Taylor/> He was officially sworn in on September 14, 2010, inheriting a $15 million fiscal deficit.<ref name=Taylor/> In the November 2, 2010 general election, he earned 43.2 percent of the vote compared with 31.0 percent for the next candidate, James T. Butts Jr.<ref>{{Cite news|first= Nick|last=Greene |authorlink =|title= Tabor cruises to win in Inglewood mayoral race |newspaper=San Gabriel Valley Tribune|date= November 3, 2010|url=https://www.sgvtribune.com/2010/11/03/tabor-cruises-to-win-in-inglewood-mayoral-race/ |accessdate=}}</ref> As he did not obtain a majority of the votes cast, a runoff election was scheduled in January 2011.<ref name=Breeze/> Tabor lost by a vote of 3,776 to 3,000 and Butts was sworn in on January 27, 2011.<ref name=two>{{cite news|title=James Butts, Mayor-Elect of Inglewood|access-date=December 3, 2014|date=January 27, 2011|newspaper=Los Angeles Sentinel|url=http://www.lasentinel.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2990:james-butts-mayor-elect-of-inglewood&catid=80&Itemid=170}}</ref> 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.<ref name=two/>

Tabor is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.<ref name=Smart/>

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