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The 51-year-old ex-councilman was also ordered to serve three years under supervised release following his prison term and pay a $15,000 fine. According to the Bureau of Prisons registry, his release date is expected to be May 28, 2022.
Lawyers for former L.A. City Councilman Jose Huizar say prosecutors have not met the strict standard set by the Supreme Court for proving bribery.
CalMatters Commentary: California’s largest city, Los Angeles, is a study in social and economic crises but politicians are lining up to become its next mayor.
It’s difficult to understand why any rational person would want to be mayor of Los Angeles, California’s largest and in many ways most troubled city. As the city’s economic and social woes mount – especially a horrendous homelessness crisis – the mayor for the past eight years, Eric Garcetti, is try
Mark Ridley-Thomas is the third L.A. City Councilman to be indicted in the past couple of years.