Los Angeles City Councilmember-elect Ysabel Jurado, pictured Nov. 5, is looking to hire a former lobbyist as her chief of staff. However, three City Hall officials told The Times that Hodgins was introduced as Jurado’s new chief of staff at a recent luncheon in Mayor Karen Bass’ office. Lisa Gritzner, a veteran City Hall lobbyist who worked as a chief …
Gabriel Huerta, who is already serving a sentence of 17 years to life in state prison for murder, is now charged with conspiring to beat up a Wilmington gang member who lost a gun. At a federal racketeering trial last year, a witness testified that Huerta sat on the Mexican Mafia’s “commission,” a three-man governing body that settles internal disputes. …
Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo, at her family home in Boyle Heights, on Thursday is officially announcing her intention to run for Kevin de León’s City Council seat. Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo walks near “El Corrido de Boyle Heights,” a mural painted in 1983 that was defaced by graffiti. When she ran into Brenda Martinez, a member of the Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council, …
