To Keep Track of City Hall Corruption, Follow the Lies and Trust Your Eyes
To Keep Track of City Hall Corruption, Follow the Lies and Trust Your Eyes Dick Platkin 21 May 2020 PLANNING WATCH -The FBI’s investigation of corruption at LA’s City Hall, now in its third year , has, so far, focused on five individuals and lead to several arrests. Former Councilmember Mitchell Englander is likely to spend five years in prison, and several City Council colleagues asked Councilmember Jose Huizar to either recuse himself or resign while he remains under criminal investigation. Real estate appraiser Justin Kim admitted to arranging a $500,000 bribe, and real estate “consultant” George Chiang agreed this week to plead guilty. Other corruption investigations continue for Raymond Chan, a former Deputy Mayor to Eric Garcetti and to aides for Councilmembers Herb Wesson and Curran Price and. Furthermore, the City of LA’s Ethics Commission fined f...