Following a multi-day hearing, Los Angeles City Councilman Curren Price was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on a series of public corruption charges. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Shelly Torrealba rejected a defense motion to dismiss the entire case, saying she found “sufficient cause” for the case against Price to proceed to trial. The Ninth District councilman is charged with five counts of grand theft by embezzlement of public funds, four counts of conflict of interest and three counts of perjury by declaration. He remains free on his own recognizance while awaiting arraignment March 13 at the downtown Los Angeles courthouse. He is the latest Los Angeles city official to fall into legal or political turmoil.