PERRIS (CNS) - Former Perris Mayor and City Councilman Al Landers,
whose efforts helped boost the city's flagging economic prospects in the 1990s,
died Friday from a condition exacerbated by a COVID-19 infection, city
officials said today. Landers was 81."On behalf of the Perris City Council and the city organization, we
extend our thoughts and prayers to the Landers family as the whole community
mourns this loss,'' according to a city statement.It was unclear how long Landers had been hospitalized or what
underlying condition he was suffering, but according to officials, virus
complications were directly tied to his death.Landers served on the Perris City Council from 1995 to 2014, when he
was defeated for re-election.A city retrospective noted that, at the start o
