A public office is still a public trust. All public servants – elected, appointed and otherwise – are subject to that truth. The simplest and most profound way public servants can prove and maintain their respect for the public trust is to be transparent in operations and open in communications. …
Here’s some significant background to fill out reports touched off when San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon said he is considering a bid to unseat Jackie Lacey for the same post in LA next year. Gascon, Lacey Gascon was a key member of LAPD’s command staff when William Bratton was …
City of Hope has increased the budget for its first comprehensive cancer center beyond LA County by five-fold. The world-renowned cancer treatment and research organization now envisions a $1 billion project anchored by 190,000-square-foot office and research facility along with a hospital at FivePoint Gateway in Irvine. FivePoint Gateway: One …
Los Angeles Controller Ron Galperin has taken a first step toward investigating the city’s lease agreement and choice of an operator for an emergency homeless shelter in Downtown Los Angeles. Galperin Galperin’s move comes in response to SullivanSaysSoCal’s coverage of an inexplicably favorable lease deal worth $1.2 million for the …
I want to start this week by giving you all a chance to consider some basic questions that Mayor Eric Garcetti and his staff failed to address and the mainstream media left hanging last week in the wake of City Hall spin that included a claim of record progress despite a …
I’ll continue to question elected officials about the inexplicably favorable lease rate the City of LA will pay for space for a homeless shelter on Paloma Street … and the status of a $2 million gift from a developer to the office of 1st District City Councilmember Gil Cedillo … …
There’s an update on the Paloma Street deal that brings an odor of scandal to the City of LA’s plans for a homeless shelter Downtown farther down in this week’s column, along with some notes on various other sources of stink at City Hall. Some other news on local politics …
Add a case of counterfeiting to the incident of money laundering tied to the landlord in line to receive an inexplicably favorable lease rate for a portion of a warehouse the City of Los Angeles plans to convert into a homeless shelter. Questions about the background of Moiz Kaboud cropped up in …
The landlord in line to receive what looks to be an inexplicably favorable lease rate for a portion of a property the City of Los Angeles plans to convert into a homeless shelter paid more than $500,000 to settle prior money laundering charges, according to federal, state and city documents …
More reason to wonder and worry about some fast and loose dealings with the public purse for programs to address homelessness – and we’ll get to that in short order. First some good news that comes from Pomona but recalls better days at LA City Hall. Chalk up a win …
