Longtime lobbyist and former Los Angeles City Hall official Morrie Goldman has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to commit bribery and honest services mail fraud. Longtime lobbyist and former Los Angeles City Hall official Morrie Goldman on Tuesday became the latest figure to fall in an ongoing pay-to-play investigation, agreeing to plead guilty to a charge that he conspired …
Immigrant-rights leaders and residents of L.A. City Council District 14 protest in front of Jose Huizar’s Boyle Heights field office to urge Huizar to vacate his seat. Federal prosecutors have also focused on financial transactions allegedly made by Salvador Huizar, the councilman’s brother, who is listed in the criminal affidavit as Relative A-3, according to a source familiar with the …
Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar trades a glance with his wife, Richelle, at an election night party in 2015 at Bishop Mora Salesian High School. Those same filings show that investigators have been documenting Richelle Huizar’s activities, including her bank deposits and her attendance at a meeting to discuss a consulting agreement that prosecutors later characterized in a plea …
Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar, seated in the council chambers at City Hall on Dec. 11. FBI agents investigating Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar are examining the activities of two men with close ties to City Hall, including a lobbyist who has represented several real estate developers with projects in Huizar’s downtown district. Gastelum, in turn, has performed …
L.A. City Councilman Jose Huizar personally asked companies that do business at City Hall to donate to a private school where his wife was working as a professional fundraiser and also assigned his staff to help with the effort, according to interviews and documents reviewed by The Times. In a video honoring her work, one school official credited Richelle Huizar …
A new lawsuit from a former city staffer accuses Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar of engaging in workplace harassment, retaliation and pregnancy discrimination. A former staffer with Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar is suing the city of Los Angeles, alleging she faced retaliation after voicing concerns that her boss was having an affair with an aide and committing …