BREAKING Los Angeles City News: L.A. City Hall CORRUPTION EXPOSED HERE (Read Report For 03-13-12)

• MEMO: Koreatown Community Request To Meet With Mafia Cartel Kingpin Mayor Villaraigosa on Redistricting [See Letter Here From Korean American Coalition]
• READ THIS BLOG: It Appears The U.S. or Local L.A. Government Is Trying To PREVENT You From Reading The Information on CORRUPTION, POSTED HERE! [Recent Blog Posts & STUNNING Videos, Exposing HIGHEST LEVEL of U.S. Corruption, HERE!]
• Did L.A. City Council FALSIFY Statistics for New Hollywood Regional Fire Station? (FireGATE Hits L.A. City News!!!) #Garcetti #LaBonge
• Dragnet L.A. Blog Report of L.A. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich/Meyers-Nave Outside Counsel Scandal (Paying BIG City Dollars vs Zuma Dogg!!!) What a WASTE of General Fund Money!
• UNPRECEDENTED Coverage of Carmen Trutanich in Huffington Post [Unprecedentedly BAD!]
• MEMO TO REPORTERS ON ZUMA DOGG'S BLOG POSTS MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARING OFF GOOGLE SEARCH ENGINES:
• L.A. City News "Sunday Weekend Update" for 03-11-12 [WATCH CARMEN TRUTANICH ON FOX 11 NEWS, HERE and NEW Memo for FBI To Read=Regarding L.A. Housing Dept]
• LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT ALERT: WOMEN, Make Sure You Wear PANTS, not dresses, If You Work With or Have A Meeting With Rent Escrow (REAP) GM ROBERTO ALDALPE (Was FIRED from Previous Job For "Peeking Up Skirts!")
• REPORT TO FBI: L.A. City Attorney Letter To Property Owner ADMITTING Fault in Placing Owner Into L.A. Housing Dept's RENT ESCROW PROGRAM (REAP) -- WILL NOT ISSUE REFUND TO OWNER! Is This A Systematic RICO RACKETEERING REVENUE GENERATOR for DESPERATE L.A. City? (SEE DOCUMENTS HERE!)
• WATCH VIDEO HERE: Carmen Trutanich Get HAMMERED by Fox 11 News
• #FBI: How Come Zuma Dogg's Blog Posts Are Not Appearing On Google Search Engines, Anymore. WHO Could Make THAT Happen, and WHY? (CERTAINLY It Wouldn't/Couldn't Be The FBI?)
• LADailyBlog.com EXCLUSIVE: Read Updates on #FBI WIDESPREAD Investigation of L.A. City Hall (As VIllaraigosa & Trutanich Facilitate Corruption/Stand Complicit)
• FBI EXCLUSIVE DETAILS: VIDEO: Zuma Dogg EXPOSES L.A. Housing and Building & Safety CORRUPTION (Under Carmen Trutanich's Clown Nose) - As Investigated by FBI
• L.A. Council President Herb Wesson Defends Allegations of Koreatown Shakedown Corruption & Redistricting MESS (That Will Result In LEGAL Action!) - LOS ANGELES TIMES by David Zahniser
• L.A. Redistricting HEATS Up, as Bernard Parks & Jan Perry Become CORRUPTION WHISTLEBLOWERS Over The Process [A Message From Bernard Parks & Audio of Jan Perry & David Zahniser on KCRW w "Mafia" Mike Trujillo]

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Zuma Dogg Has Had ENOUGH of Janis & LAANE's Shady "Affordable Housing" Tactics: IT'S OVER Garcetti, Huizar and Jackass Weiss

Originally Posted: Friday, September 21, 2007

Zuma Dogg Has Had ENOUGH of Janis & LAANE's Shady "Affordable Housing" Tactics: IT'S OVER Garcetti, Huizar and Jackass Weiss

WHICH COUNCILMEMEBERS KEEP "ALLOWING" THEMSELVES TO BE PUSHED AROUND BY LAANE/CRA's MADELINE JANIS

FEATURED COMMENT: Anonymous said...Zuma Dogg may be the people's prophet..Amerland is getting beat over the head by the CRA Commissioner who is with LAANE. Madeline Janis

From ZD's Inbox:
Zuma, Being discrete here, but I read your piece on LAANE. My employer is getting whacked by them on a couple fronts. Outside of Antonio, how much pull do they have with other electeds? Who is important for them, etc?

ZD says THAT would be: JOSE HUIZAR, ERIC GARCETTI, JACKASS WEISS. (These three deserve to be in their own special "SHADY AS F*CK" catagory. (Aks the DA's office!)

With "honorable mention" to RICHARD ALARCON, WENDY GREUEL and HERB WESSON. (Or is it DIS-honorable mention?!?!)

JANIS of LAANE: IF I GET ONE MORE F*CKING COMPLAINT ABOUT YOU!!!

HEY JANIS...either step down from LAANE -- or step down from CRA. SO, WHICH ONE?...TIME IS UP!

NO MORE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND BULLY TACTICS. IT'S OVER MADELINE! YOUR GIG IS UP. AND THAT MEANS THE COST PER UNIT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WILL BE GOING DOWN! You wanna talk "community benefits"?!?!? Stop doing what you are doing!!! (Then the community would "benefit"!) THERE'S TOO MUCH VISIBILITY AND AWARENESS, NOW.

TAKE YOUR PROFITS AND WALK AWAY FROM THE TABLE BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!

Don't knows/Depends (regarding LAANE) = TOM LABONG, JANICE HAHN.

LAANE may not have much pull with = GREIG SMITH, DENNIS ZINE.

CMs who don't get along with LAANE = JAN PERRY, BERNARD PARKS, TONY CARDENAS. (Tony rolls with his own affordable housing crew.)

 

Posted by Zuma Dogg @ 9/21/2007 05:47:00 AM

LA Times 4pm UPDATE: More details emerge in $3-million DWP fraud case (POCKETED MONEY FOR SUPPLIES -- USED FOR OFFICES USED BY HIS MAJESTY, MAYOR ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA!!!!)

Here we go...first Bell...now we will start to find out some of the ways the people in LOS ANGELES are pilfering off the top and placing in back pockets of selves and cronies. It happens ALL OVER THE CITY...INCLUDING LAUSD...AND IS THE REASON THE CITY NEVER HAS ENOUGH MONEY TO GET STUFF DONE...PILFER-PALOOZA...Aka: The City of Los Angeles on a DAILY BASIS!

More details emerge in $3-million DWP fraud case

LA TIMES: October 29, 2010 |  4:22 pm

The two Los Angeles city workers accused of defrauding the Department of Water and Power by inflating the cost of supplies and then pocketing the difference purchased furniture and other materials for the renovation of offices used by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's five-member DWP board, officials said Friday.

Over the last two years, the utility has obtained new furniture for executive offices on the 7th, 9th and 15th floors of DWP's downtown Los Angeles headquarters, as well as the room where the DWP commission holds its public meetings, said Joe Ramallo, a spokesman for the utility.

Ramallo said those purchases are among the transactions included in the felony fraud case against employees Akbar Fonooni, 55, and Anthony Carone, 49.

"It appears by our own review that furniture and materials purchased for use in the commission offices and board room was involved," he said.

Prosecutors allege that Fonooni and Carone engaged in a scheme over a six-year period in which they purchased at least $3 million worth of supplies for the DWP from dummy companies that marked up the cost by 10% or more. The two men, as well as a third defendant, Troy Mitchell Holt, 45, face felony charges of conspiracy, conflict of interest and misappropriation of public funds.

Fonooni and Carone made the purchases using roughly a dozen of the DWP's "P-cards," or purchasing cards, which had a monthly spending limit of $20,000. Because those cards did not allow a single expenditure to exceed $2,000, the defendants were forced to split purchase orders into smaller pieces, prosecutors said.

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NOW STREAMING: New LA City News RADIO for 10.28.10 - Zuma Dogg Has CITY HALL Twisted in KNOTS as City Attorney's Office Busy ASSESSING Federal Defeat @ Venice Beach -- AND COMMOTION AT THE TOP OF LA HOUSING DEPARTMENT, TODAY! (GETTING EXPENSIVE IN BOTH LOST TIME & MONEY!)

Go to http://LACityNews.com for new LA City News RADIO for Thursday Night 10.28.10 (9pm Update):

Zuma Dogg BLASTING Los Angeles City Hall as there appears to be a shift of power AWAY from City Hall and TOWARD Zuma Dogg as he not only unraveled their ENTIRE ILLEGAL VENICE BEACH LAW...WORD ON THE STREET IS TODAY, Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHAD) was experiencing a bunch of LOST TIME TODAY, as the head honchos at the top were in turmoil trying to figure out what to do NEXT, now that ZD has THAT department twisted in a knot. 

UNFORTUNATELY, L.A. City Hall had YEARS of WARNING from ZUMA DOGG and they thought they were smarter and better and could hide behind shady bullshit...SORRY...YOU KICKED THE WRONG SLEEPING DOGG...YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT THE POWER??? YOU THINK YOU'RE IN CONTROL??? YOU'VE THROWN EVERYTHING AT ME...AND LOOK HOW IT ALL TURNED OUT FOR YOU...BOTH IN MONEY, NOW...AND IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC PERCEPTION!!!

I HAVE BEEN CRUSHING YOU FOR YEARS...AND YOU WANT TO KEEP TAKING IT.

SO ROBERTO ALDAPE WILL BE STEPPING DOWN...THE EASY WAY...OR THE HARD WAY. DON'T FUCK AROUND ON THIS ONE...ASK AROUND ABOUT ZUMA DOGG. People say ALDAPE is vicious, and people in his department are scared to speak out. I don't work for no corrupt, connected THUG -- and I SPEAK OUT...so he's got a problem. BETTER STEP DOWN, TODAY! (PEOPLE ARE DOING SH*T TO GET YOU DISBARRED AND THROWN IN JAIL AS WE SPEAK, ROBERTO ALDAPE OF LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT. WILL ANY FBI INVESTIGATION INTO L.A. HOUSING CORRUPTION POINT DIRECTLY TO ROBERTO ALDAPE AND ANYONE STANDING NEXT TO HIM?)

Los Angeles City News Update for Sunday, October 17, 2010 (Pt 2 - 3 PM Update)

[PICTURED: An Endangered Species. Being killed off by elected officials.] photo credit: LACityNews.com

• ANTONIO: Don't post pictures of you with your gal, on Sunday. Only reminds me about you; and what a LITERALLY tragic job you've done, chump! less than a minute ago
• RT@villaraigosa: A little rain is not slowing Lu and I down! (But YOU are DRAGGING the city down! Lu, obviously not a fan of guys w brains.) 3 minutes ago
• Ponderous picture of LA Mayor with girlfriend. Guess she likes to date mayors? Can't imagine what else it could be. http://yfrog.com/65fyetj 3 minutes ago
• RT @LANow: Power outage shuts down part of Koreatown. (Go to the park and find some DWP workers to fix it. Look for beer cans and smoke.) 16 minutes ago
• Power outage shuts down part of Koreatown http://lat.ms/bRrCQv (DWP infrastructure dollars have been HARD at work! I'm shocked! [no pun].) 17 minutes ago
• If CA State & LA City were a recreational event, it would be "bungee jumping," cause clearly they are in a free fall. OOPS, no bungee cord! 24 minutes ago
• I'd be FURIOUS at my parents if they spent first 5 yrs of my life teaching me Language "A," then sent me to a school taught in Language "B." 26 minutes ago
• Does ANYONE in U.S. Governmental history represent more of the bureaucratic problems; wasteful spending & overall coffer drain than BOXER? 44 minutes ago
• TELL BARBARA BOXER to go get a job as a circus clown. That's all she is, anyway. 46 minutes ago
• Though Jerry Brown is no more than a "keep the money spending" guy, there IS concern whether inexperienced Whitman can navigate Sacramento. 48 minutes ago
• Even though Carly Fiorina TANKED on Fox News and isn't KILLER on interviews; she'll speak out A LOT more than BOXER=Poster Child for waste. 51 minutes ago
• Carly Fiorina was a deer in headlights on Chris Wallace Fox Sun. Wouldn't mention ONE ENTITLEMENT to cut and didn't spin it back on Boxer. 54 minutes ago
• When it comes to California State and LA City approved budgets, the Swiss don't even want them for cheese. (TOO many holes.) about an hour ago
• MASSIVE FEDERAL VIOLATION: LA Council Prez cut off public speakers for raising issue of Councilman being under indictment during money item. about 2 hours ago
• Is it OFF TOPIC to call attention that councilman TRANSFERRING money from a trust fund to, "or any organization..." is under 32 indictments? about 2 hours ago
• It's OBVIOUS: Job of Villar-backed LAUSD boardmembers is to keep as many union members on job: NEVER CUT. IF CUT, RESTORE! Kids only props. about 2 hours ago
• NO WAY OUT: There will be 60 kids per classroom by 2013 school year with unsanitary, unsafe conditions. WIll become pre-prison/prison-prep.. about 2 hours ago
• LAUSD Superintendent Cortines is a very nice and sweet guy. Very mild-mannered and soft spoken. Would be GREAT librarian, not LAUSD Leader. about 3 hours ago
• LAUSD'S NURY M. CARES BECAUSE OF THE UNION EMPLOYEES, NOT KIDS: Do you really think kids are dropping out and can't read over the 5 school days cut? about 3 hours ago
• DUMB NURY MARTINEZ: The reason your kids can't read or write isn't because of the 5 school days cut. Are those the 5 days they learn it ALL? about 3 hours ago
• "I don't have any solutions for anything today." - LAUSD boardmember Nury Martinez. (Nury, we already KNOW that about you from hearing you.) about 3 hours ago
• "My kids in my district can't read & write." - LAUSD Boardmember Nury Martinez (Remember Nury, ALWAYS KEEP UP SPENDING! NEVER CUT A THING!) about 3 hours ago
• GONE are days of discussing "college prep for all" or improved student achievement. Now all about, "How are we going to have trash removed?" about 3 hours ago
• LAUSD BOARD MEETING LINGO: Will be going from, "not our FIRST choice, but..." to "not one of the TOP choices..." (Will be ALL 3rd choices.) about 3 hours ago
• LAUSD BOARDMEMBER STEVE ZIMMER's MOUTH is just about the BIGGEST inefficient waste in the district. ARE YOU IN A COMA, STEVE? SPIT IT OUT! about 3 hours ago
• Hi, I never met my dad. My mom works 14 hrs a day. I'm left alone. I haven't eaten. I don't speak English. READY TO PREPARE FOR COLLEGE! about 3 hours ago
• Remember LAUSD board was pushing, "Zero Dropout Rate" & "College 4 ALL!" How can you prepare kids for college when they can't read or write English? about 3 hours ago
• Remember LAUSD board was talking about "College Prep FOR ALL!!!" Today, they're hoping to be able to have trash removed in class w 60 kids. about 3 hours ago
• After watching today's LAUSD meeting, I would feel irresponsible if I didn't try to warn you that it's UNFIXABLE and a TRUE safety disaster. about 3 hours ago
• If you looked into future w crystal ball & saw LAUSD finally imploded and you had to create a completely new system; IT DID IMPLODE! START! about 4 hours ago
• When you watch LAUSD meetings, you realize we're watching the beginning of the end of the public education system in California. IT-IS-OVER! about 4 hours ago
• People REALLY need to make a QUICK DECISION as to what type of education system will be replacing LAUSD. It is a COMPLETELY DEAD SYSTEM. about 4 hours ago
• 0%: When you watch the LAUSD meetings and listen to these people speak, clearly there is ZERO PERCENT chance of anything besides implosion. about 4 hours ago
• I think we are seeing which way LAUSD is headed. What makes ANYONE think they will be able to reverse this trend? HAVE THEY NOT BEEN TRYING? about 4 hours ago
• LASUD meetings are very sad, these days. Bottom has fallen out. Board KNOWS State money will not be there. A TRUE un-fixable disaster. OVER. about 4 hours ago
• If room is burning, LAUSD's Cortines would evaluate CAREFULLY whether a hose should be used to extinguish fire. Could cause water damage. about 4 hours ago
• Watching LAUSD board meeting today. Wonder if Superintendent Cortines is capable of simple "yes or no" answer. NO WONDER NOTHING GETS DONE. about 5 hours ago
• HOW TO CANCEL OUTREACH CONTRACTS: "..subject to the availability of sufficient funding through future city budgets." (NOT AVAILABLE=CRISIS!) about 11 hours ago
• Los Angeles City News Week In Review (News, Politics & Activism) - 10.17.10 http://ow.ly/19ungs about 13 hours ago

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Los Angeles City News Update for Sunday, October 17, 2010 (Pt 1 - Early Edition)

L.A. CITY NEWS

LA City News

• @Villaraigosa, @EricGarcetti, @HerbWesson: When you look at the avalanche of blogging on LAHD, TODAY, a shame Roberto didn't resign, FRIDAY. 36 minutes ago
• HERE'S MOST VIEWED POST THIS WEEK @ LACityNews.com: LA Housing Dept (Insider Memo) detailing LAHD CORRUPTION allegations. http://ow.ly/2UFP
• VALUE OF ZUMADOGG @ COUNCIL MEETINGS: My friend was at gym. Woman scanning TV, stopped on Council meeting when she saw ZD. Then commented on ZD's value. (RAISES AWARENESS!) 41 minutes ago
• MADNESS, STUPIDITY & INSANITY: What Carmen Trutanich's opinion is; that driving under influence of marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol. about 2 hours ago
• WON'T STOP B-RUPTCY: When you read LA's pension reform plans (including one that needs voter approval) DOES NOTHING TO SOLVE CURRENT CRISIS! about 2 hours ago
• CONFUSED TRUTANICH, EMBARRASSING HIMSELF NOW: Marijuana: L.A.'s top prosecutor invites Steve Lopez to smoke up and drive http://lat.ms/buAZE about 2 hours ago
• LA City Hall introduces "sworn employee" pension reform plan for March '11 ballot . (People will vote YES to a SLASHING!) http://ow.ly/2UEaI about 2 hours ago
• There is just something so annoying and fundamentally off-putting about LA Times columnist Steve "Dopez" Lopez. Pomp-o-Schmuck! about 4 hours ago
• City Attorney Carmen Trutanich thinks marijuana has a more adverse effects on driving than alcohol. We KNEW he was misguided. A clown, too. about 4 hours ago
• NEW & EXCLUSIVE: Here is the detailed script of allegations surrounding corruption and conflicts at Los Angeles Hous... http://ow.ly/19u65W about 5 hours ago
• POOR ROBERTO ALDAPE: Has a weakness making him too greedy and he thought he was Don Corleone of L.A. HE ISN'T. YOUR TIME IS UP! (Jail time?) about 6 hours ago
• LA Council may be finding a reason to cancel Tuesday's meeting in an attempt to do ANYTHING POSSIBLE to keep more LAHD info from hitting TV. about 7 hours ago
• NBCLA: For $40, unlimited 4 oz. beer tastings Sunday at Union Station as part of LA Beer Week. (These beer events ALWAYS end well, right?) about 7 hours ago
• TOP STORY: Los Angeles Housing Dept (LAHD) Asst. GM ROBERTO ALDAPE will be "resigning" amidst corruption allegations & FBI investigations. about 7 hours ago
• HEY @EricGarcetti, Wesson & @Villaraiogsa: Just think, all these people doing net searches for Roberto Aldape, then they see YOUR name tied! about 7 hours ago
• There SURE ARE a lot of people doing Google searches for "Roberto Aldape" today, again. Can see the referral clicks on Blogger stats. OUCH! about 8 hours ago
• ROBERTO ALDAPE: Do you THINK @BarackObama is pouring HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS into L.A. Housing to have you PREVENT IT from being built? @FBI. about 9 hours ago
• DO YOU THINK THE UNITED STATE OF AMERICA is pouring hundreds of millions into L.A. Housing to have ROBERTO ALDAPE treat it as HIS OWN MONEY? about 9 hours ago
• ASST GM ROBERTO ALDAPE: Clear the sh*t out of your LAHD desk and GET THE F*CK OUT, CHUMP! YOU ARE BEYOND TOAST IN L.A.! SCREWS TIGHTENING! about 9 hours ago
• HOW MUCH HEAT DOES CITY HALL NEED OVER ROBERTO ALDAPE?: FBI, FEDS, ATTORNEY GENERAL, CITY ATTORNEY, CA BAR ASSN, THE PEOPLE. IT'S OVER, Bob! about 9 hours ago
• ROBERTO ALDAPE: Before you're arrested by FBI, please show Controller Greuel & Attorney Trutanich where the $10 MIL of unaccounted money is! about 9 hours ago
• GREETINGS to L.A. City landlords who are reading http://LACityNews.com for the first time [SEE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAG... http://ow.ly/19tYBQ about 9 hours ago
• ROBERTO ALDAPE: Tell LAHD you cannot accept more money as outreach contractor because you're not listed on ATTORNEY GENERAL SITE! BIG NO-NO! about 9 hours ago
• LAHD ASST GM ROBERTO ALDAPE: You can tell your racketeering cronies THE LAWSUITS STOP, BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN TURNED INTO THE CA BAR ASSN. about 9 hours ago
• ROBERTO ALDAPE: You can either tell you organized-crime racketeering pals THE GIG IS UP, OR YOU CAN TELL FBI AGENTS WHO ARE BEING CONTACTED. about 9 hours ago
• SORRY LAHD ASST GM ROBERTO ALDAPE: Just tell your organize-crime, racketeering cronies that the GIG IS UP and YOU ARE OUT OF JUICE in L.A.! about 9 hours ago
• RT @abc7: SEC investigating whether money from sale of bonds in Bell was spent properly http://bit.ly/bjGqeX (LOOK INTO L.A. - DUH?) about 10 hours ago
• @Villaraigosa, @EricGarcetti & Herb Wesson=3 Folks Who Should Be Sh*tting (Affordable Housing) bricks over what ZD has up sleeve. Re: Aldape about 10 hours ago
• @EricGarcetti: @BarackObama WILL be PISSED when he finds out what's happening @ LAHD. YOU'RE MAKING HIM LOOK BAD! (All over ROBERTO ALDAPE?) about 10 hours ago
• @EricGarcetti: You may not have been listening, yesterday. But when @BarackObama finds out what's happening @ LAHD, HE WILL BE LISTENING! about 10 hours ago
• Last week, couldn't find ANYTHING on ROBERTO ALDAPE on Google. This week he's ALL OVER net. He hasn't resigned yet, though. So MORE COMING! about 11 hours ago
• GOOD MORNING TO LAHD Asst GM ROBERTO ALDAPE: The longer you wait to step down, the more you are PERMANENTLY F*CKED on Google FOREVER! about 11 hours ago
• Los Angeles City News for Saturday, October 16, 2010 - Tune Into TV 35 on Tuesday for DETAILS of LAWSUIT vs LA Housi... http://ow.ly/19tIIS about 17 hours ago
• Why hasn't LA Council President Garcetti been running council meetings? Dennis Zine sits in while Garcetti is there? People are wondering? about 18 hours ago

PREVIOUS POSTS:

• NEW & EXCLUSIVE: Here is the detailed script of allegations surrounding corruption and conflicts at Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) with Roberto Aldape as Asst GM, Herb Wesson as Housing Chair, and Eric Garcetti as Council President

• GREETINGS to L.A. City landlords who are reading http://LACityNews.com for the first time [SEE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE]

• Los Angeles City News for Saturday, October 16, 2010 - Tune Into TV 35 on Tuesday for DETAILS of LAWSUIT vs LA Housing Dept (LAHD) -- ALLOWING YOU TO CREATE YOUR OWN LAWSUIT, AS WELL!!! (Plus MORE L.A. City News @ http://LACityNews.com)

• Los Angeles CAO Miguel Santana Says City's Spending is Running $63 Million More Than Expected (NOT THAT THEY HAVE IT, ANYWAY.)

• NOW STREAMING - Public Comment from 10-15-10 L.A. Council Meeting (Getting Combative - 1st Amendment Crackdown Becoming an Issue)

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GREETINGS to L.A. City landlords who are reading http://LACityNews.com for the first time [SEE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE]

[Pictured: Wake up on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 -- and start driving to this building by 10am for public comment for an important public safety issue: THE RESIGNATION OF ROBERTO ALDAPE @ LAHD!]

TO: LOS ANGELES PROPERTY OWNERS & ABUSED TENANTS

Word is ALL OVER Los Angeles on the MASSIVE wave of CORRUPTION that is running RAMPANT throughout the Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) under the shady grip of Asst GM ROBERTO ALDAPE. 

A memo detail Mr. Aldape's performance and alleged illegal tactics was circulated, sent to LA City News -- and the can of worms has been open and is being smeared and exposed all over City TV 35 during the council meetings and on this blog that is experiencing record level of views. And a lot of traffic is being driven by Google referral links for "Roberto Aldape" - "LAHD" - "LACITYNEWS" and other keywords, that signal a huge buzz has been unleashed surrounding the way LAHD is operating. 

This week, it was reported in Los Angeles Times that an FBI investigation is currently underway, regarding a powerful LA developer, affordable housing, bribes and illegal campaign contributions.

If you are a landlord/property owner reading this, you know all you need to know about Roberto Aldape. This is more than shady. It's a PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. Because we are dealing with housing when we have a housing crisis. And FBI allegations include the affordable housing NEVER BEING BUILT. AND YOU KNOW HOW ALDAPE IS MESSING WITH YOU, THE LANDLORDS!

CALL TO ACTION FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2010: Please show up to L.A. City Hall on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 by exactly 10am to join other Los Angeles property owners (and any affected tenants, as well) to tell L.A. City Council you demand the removal of ROBERTO ALDAPE from LAHD.

If you have never given a public comment at City Hall, here is a script you can read from the podium. (The script will also detail for you the allegations.)

AND, we will have scripts in council chambers on Tuesday morning that will be handed to you to read, if it will help you.

PLEASE CALL A FRIEND OR ASSOCIATE AND PLAN A TRIP TO CITY HALL, THIS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2010 -- TO TAKE BACK THE CITY, and address this serious housing crisis: ROBERTO ALDAPE.

[Scroll through this blog for recent posts on this topic of LAHD corruption that is costing you EVERYTHING at the hands of a municipal thug, ROBERTO ALDAPE.]

The people will only take so much, and from what I can tell, THEY'VE HAD IT WITH YOU, ALDAPE...YOU ARE ON THE WAY OUT...MAKE IT EASY AND GET OUT!!! THE KITCHEN IS ABOUT TO GET, REAL HOT!!! AND THAT'S JUST ME!]

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Los Angeles City News for Saturday, October 16, 2010 - Tune Into TV 35 on Tuesday for DETAILS of LAWSUIT vs LA Housing Dept (LAHD) -- ALLOWING YOU TO CREATE YOUR OWN LAWSUIT, AS WELL!!! (Plus MORE L.A. City News @ http://LACityNews.com)

L.A. CITY NEWS

LA City News

• HOW MUCH YOU WANNA BET LAHD ASST GM OF CORRUPTION ROBERTO ALDAPE is already DONE as LAHD Asst GM! TOO MUCH HEAT! Will announce new gig. 16 minutes ago
• Tune into TV 35 on Time Warner cable, Tuesday @ 10am for, "The People vs City of Los Angeles" regarding lawsuit over LAHD's Roberto Aldalpe. 19 minutes ago
• On Tuesday, details outlining a slam-dunk lawsuit vs City of LA over LAHD (REAP) will be exposed, allowing OTHERS to file suit, as well. 20 minutes ago
• Since LA continually allows LAHD Asst GM Roberto Aldape to run rough shot over the city, and conflicts have been exposed, TIME FOR LAWSUIT! 21 minutes ago
• LA Council will have to do ANYTHING POSSIBLE to prevent NEXT WAVE OF INFO on LAHD from hitting TV, Tues. May find reason to cancel meeting. 43 minutes ago
• The People of LA have HAD ENOUGH OF LAHD Asst GM ROBERTO ALDAPE. He's DONE in this town! City Hall will be boiling to death till he resigns. 46 minutes ago
• LAHD ASST GM ROBERTO ALDAPE: People who know you are filing complaint with the CA State Bar to get you DIS-barred. GOOD LUCK. GET OUT, NOW! 49 minutes ago
• HEY ROBERTO ALDAPE! Grab your sh*t out of desk AND GET THE F*CK OUT OF TOWN BEFORE YOU END UP IN A FEDERAL PENITENTIARY. WASN'T YOUR MONEY! 51 minutes ago
• HEY ROBERTO ALDAPE, you must have grown up with some sense of entitlement, or something. You think LAHD account is YOUR money. WRONG, son! 52 minutes ago
• I don't know who the F*CK ROBERTO ALDAPE thinks he is...but his reign of terror over LAHD, renters & owners IS O-VER! TRU DAT! NOT HIS $$$! 53 minutes ago
• The reason mayor is surprised about added revenue from new parking meters IS BECAUSE THEY CLEAR YOUR CREDIT AWAY WHEN YOU ADD MORE MONEY! 57 minutes ago
• RACKETEERING: If you put money into new city parking meters, then decide to add more time, later; SHOULD METER CLEAR YOUR EXISTING $ CREDIT? 58 minutes ago
• CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT vs City of LA will be filed over new parking machines. When you add money for more time it CLEARS your existing credit! about an hour ago
• In an attempt from keeping people from searching "Roberto Aldape" & "LAHD" comments on city website, NO KEYWORD SEARCH for today's meeting. about 3 hours ago
• Until it comes out in LA Times, talk show hosts & bloggers won't realize there's BIG buzz on "Roberto Aldape" & "LAHD" THIS WEEK! (U Wait!) about 3 hours ago
• Other bloggers may not realize, but a lot of people Google searching, "Roberto Aladape," "LAHD," & "LA City News." Why AREN'T you covering? about 4 hours ago
• How many more BILLIONS in PENSION MONEY lost in BOGUS investments will so called activist budget watch dogs accept before they speak up? about 4 hours ago
• The more you listen back to audio of council cutting off gadflies during "Public COMMENT," the more outrageous it seems if you KNOW the LAW! about 4 hours ago
• MONDAY IS LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE FOR NOVEMBER ELECTION. about 5 hours ago
• Los Angeles CAO Miguel Santana Says City's Spending is Running $63 Million More Than Expected (NOT THAT THEY HAVE IT... http://ow.ly/19txhF about 5 hours ago
• HUGE GOOGLE SEARCH BUZZ: Seeing a lot of referrals for "LACITYNEWS" and "LACITYNEWS HOUSING DEPT," stuff like that! LAHD story blew open. about 6 hours ago
• Official: City's spending running over by $63M By Rick Orlov, Staff Writer Posted: 10/15/2010 In the first (cont) http://tl.gd/6gi4b0 about 6 hours ago
• City Council confusing issue of "not liking what is being said," with, "being off topic." Just cause you don't like it, doesn't mean it is. about 7 hours ago
• RT @latimes: Dow fell 31, or 0.3%, to 11,062. S&P 500 rose 2, or 0.2%, to 1,176. Nasdaq up 33, or 1.4%, at 2,468. http://lat.ms/cg6US9 about 8 hours ago
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• Hello to LAHD Director of (NON) Compliance, Roya Babazadeh. Yes, you're on the radar, too. Although it hasn't appeared on Google, TODAY! 1 day ago
• HERE IS LINK to ORIGINAL LAHD "Conflict of Interest" memo from Sept 27, 2010 that SKYROCKETED to "Most Viewed", today. http://ow.ly/2TQee 1 day ago

MASSIVE Los Angeles City News Evening Update (10/14/10) - Time To Drag Villaraiogsa, Herb Wesson & Eric Garcetti into Roberto Aldape/LA Housing Dept Conflict (Corruption) Allegations

The clock is ticking on the opportunity for Los Angeles Housing Department Assistant General Manager Roberto Aldape to resign from his position. It's the close of the business day, and it has not been announced that he has "resigned," yet. And more and more information is being forwarded on additional "conflict" allegations. Like using city equipment & personnel (city money) on Villaraigosa's bogus ballot measures. But that's small stuff, compared to what else will be exposed on LIVE TV, during Friday's Los Angeles City Council meeting. The only way to keep it from being exposed LIVE on-the-air, is to have a magical announcement come out before the LA City News reporter leaves for City Hall in the morning. (Once the trip has started, even if the announcement is made, the public comment is still ON!) And it's time to speed things up since people's living conditions and livelihood  are at stake. SO IT'S TIME TO DRAG HOUSING CHAIR HERB WESSON & COUNCIL PRESIDENT (AND HOUSING CHAMP) ERIC GARCETTI INTO THE FOLD. (Why NOT? You don't think they're tied?) It's all JUST what City Hall needs as FBI is investigating LA Housing. Hope the reporter gets a last minute "furlough day." 

HERE IS LINK to ORIGINAL LAHD "Conflict of Interest" memo from Sept 27, 2010 that SKYROCKETED to "Most Viewed", today. http://ow.ly/2TQee

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• YES, time to drag HERB WESSON and ERIC GARCETTI into the LA Housing Dept Corruption Allegation fold. (Why? You don't think they're tied?) 12 minutes ago
• ALL THIS HOOPLA over LA Housing Dept Asst GM is JUST what Villaraigosa, Wesson & Garcetti need with FBI investigating housing projects! 13 minutes ago
• FUTURE HEADLINE IN LA TIMES: "Today, amidst public allegations of conflict of interest; and several million dollars unaccounted for..." 18 minutes ago
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• Villaraigosa: @ South LA's Figueroa Elementary to present trophies to students who rocked state CST math exam! (REST can feel like LOSERS!) 30 minutes ago
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• RT @villaraigosa: My reaction to the recent, tragic suicides by gay teens.(Let's guess. You're happy and support it. SHAMELESS pandering.) 41 minutes ago
• HEY @VILLARAIGOSA, What would the indictment be for City Official @ LA Housing Dept who used City equipment & time ($) on YOUR ballot Prop? 52 minutes ago
• THE MAYOR OF LOS ANGLES will be held accountable for the MASSIVE CORRUPTION @ LA Housing Dept. HIS GUY! More Friday on LIVE CITY TV! PAIN! 56 minutes ago
• WORD MUST BE GETTING OUT: Getting referrals from Google search for "Rober7to Aldape" today. And TOP POST is "Conflict Memo" from Sept 27th. about an hour ago
• Villaraigosa: "I was humbled & honored to be present at opening of..." (Always with honor he's humbled to be somewhere, NOT 4 ACHIEVEMENTS.) about an hour ago
• If LA Times were reporting Housing Dept CORRUPTION, blogs/radio would be ALL OVER story. So we have to get Times to print his resignation. about an hour ago
• THE PEOPLE OF LA HOUSING DEPT have sent a VERY CLEAR message: ROBERTO ALDAPE STEPS DOWN. Just a matter of how much blog damage till he does. about an hour ago
• LA council members say they need the DWP to give jobs to their displaced workers. http://bit.ly/cBzgCQ (Thought DEPT was to provide W&P?) about 2 hours ago
• ROBERTO ALDAPE of Los Angeles Housing Department should know that people are filing complaint with CA Bar Association. RESIGN! about 2 hours ago
• TIL NOW, the name of LA Housing Asst. GM has been withheld from BLASTING on TV 35. If he doesn't resign TODAY, name will BLAST on TV Friday. about 2 hours ago
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• L.A. City Mayor & Council should be applying more pressure to LA Housing Dept Asst GM ROBERTO ALDAPE to RESIGN, NOW! SCREWS BEING TIGHTENED! about 3 hours ago
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• L.A. CITY NEWS has a ZERO TOLERANCE policy for municipal corruption and is calling for IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION of L.A. Housing Asst GM. HURRY! about 3 hours ago
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• A TRUE SHAME & CRIME: FBI stories expose how $100's of millions for affordable housing get SCAMMED or unused, while LA homelessness grows. about 5 hours ago
• @Villaragiosa needs to address "coin & card" meter RACKETEERING: When you add money for more time, METER CLEARS EXISTING BALANCE. SHADY! about 5 hours ago
• RACKETEERING LAWSUIT IN MAKING over new LA City "coin & card" parking meters: When you add money for more time, it CLEARS EXISTING balance! about 5 hours ago
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NOTICE TO LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT on RESIGNATION of Asst GM Roberto Aldape

[Pictured: LOOKS like a nice guy. LAHD staff say, "otherwise." Will he be "resigning" soon?]

Until now, the name of the Los Angeles Housing Department Asst. General Manager who is alleged to be running a Rent Escrow (conflict of interest) RACKET within the department (as blogged about here and blasted on City TV 35, this past week) has been kept off the City TV 35 broadcast of the L.A. City Meetings. 

The intent is to have the Asst GM replaced and the person's name doesn't matter. However, in an attempt to speed up the "resignation" process, since so many people are suffering under his tenure -- and since more and more info is suddenly crawling out of the city hall marble (they don't have woodwork inside city hall); 

THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES ARE REQUESTING Mr.Roberto Aldape, Assistant General Manager of the Los Angeles Housing Department, RESIGN TODAY (10.14.10, even though it's already 3:30pm). 

If not, we have no choice than to appear before the People of Los Angeles on Friday, October 15, 2010, to provide new and additional information, and will be including Mr. Roberto Aldape's name in all future posts and public comments as televised and re-televised on City TV.

PUBLIC COMMENT FROM LAST WEEK DESCRIBING "TIP OF THE ICEBERG" THAT'S GONNA SINK SOME L.A. CITY HALL TITANIC ELECTED OFFICIALS. FRIDAY'S PUBLIC COMMENT IS GONNA BE AN "F-ING" NIGHTMARE FOR CITY HALL. A DAY THEY SHOULD BE PRAYING DOESN'T COME, AND IT WON'T IF HE RESIGNS, TODAY:

(Roberto Aldape was appointed by Mercedes Marquez. The city was sued for $40 million dollars by a developer over Ms. Marquez. The developer agreed to DROP THE LAWSUIT, under ONE CONDITION: Mercedes Marquez HAD TO GO. (She did. To The White House.)

Hopefully, Washington, D.C. can absorb some more of our municipal waste and corruption. GET HIM OUTTA HERE!!! NOW!!! DON'T LET FRIDAY'S PUBLIC COMMENT HAPPEN! YOU DON'T WANT THAT, ANTONIO and CERTAIN CITY COUNCILMEMBERS.

L.A. City Council BALKS at Change for DWP Pension Reform of NEW HIRES by VETOING DWP's Plan. (Council Creates The Mess, Wants To Pile on MORE, then says, "NO" to Attempt To SAVE LOS ANGELES...IT'S OVER!!! THEY WILL NEVER AGREE ON A SOLUTION. GET OUT OF L.A., NOW!!! WARNING...MUY PELIGROSA!

Facing new pressures on its pension system, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) says it can no longer cover much of the retirement cost for the employees it has hired away from other city agencies.

About 1,600 workers have transferred to the DWP from other city departments over the last six years, finding higher pay while avoiding furloughs and layoffs elsewhere. (A dumping ground for L.A. City dead weight it can not longer afford, not that it ever really could.)

Those new arrivals have created a $183-million pension burden for the utility, according to DWP officials. To deal with those costs, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's appointees on the DWP board voted last month to suspend, at least temporarily, full pension coverage for any new employee hired by the utility from another city department. (After the mayor handed out raises and increased benefits that he KNEW the city could NO WAY afford -- when he was running for re-election. [Only to quickly announce we couldn't afford it after he was RE-elected.])

That decision infuriated some members of the City Council, which voted unanimously Wednesday to veto it. (CITY COUNCIL...this was YOUR chance to show the voters some "good faith" that you want to clean up the mayor's mess and put the city on track...BUT WE SEE YOU ARE STILL NOT READY TO GIVE UP OLD TRICKS AND BAD HABITS!) 

Over the last two years, the council has demanded that the DWP, which is separate from the city budget, hire workers from agencies facing major cuts. (They mean, let them sweep CITY HALL's MESS under DWP's rug.)

Councilman Richard Alarcon called the DWP's move...(WHO CARES WHAT THAT INDICTED JOKER HAS TO SAY. IF I WANNA KNOW WHAT ALARCON HAS TO SAY...I'LL GO VISIT HIM IN PRISON AND ASK HIM!)

READ MORE of the befuddled mess by a group of emotionally weak, greedy and scared incompetents in David Z's LA Times report.

MORE L.A. City News for Thursday, October 14, 2010:  

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City Council Discusses Los Angeles Housing Department CORRUPTION Allegation, called, "Fairly Serious As Relating To The Conflict," by Councilman Parks

By now, hopefully, you have seen the video of Zuma Dogg delivering public comment on Friday (10/8/10) regarding "Conflict of Interest" allegations relating to the L.A. Housing Department's REAP (Rent Escrow Account Program).

The comment was based on a memo sent to Zuma Dogg by L.A. Housing Dept employees who are frustrated by what is going on in the department. HERE IS THE LINK to the memo detailing L.A. Housing Dept CORRUPTION allegations as "put on the public record" by ZD before Council on Friday

SUMMARY: Allegedly, the Asst GM of L.A. Housing Department is also one of the outreach contractors awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars and is also a private attorney using info gathered as outreach contractor to sue property owners. (One person...three roles and a massive scam, as alleged.)

NOTABLY: In this video from the July 21, 2010 council meeting to discuss these allegations, council was confused as to what they were voting for. Although it was Wesson's motion, Paul Krekorian stopped the train, asking for "reconsideration," which allowed all the slower, but corrupt, councilmembers to change their vote to the "shady" side, defeating Park's corruption-busting amendment. (Krekorian sure did want these contracts under conflict allegation investigations to be pushed through!)

Watch the video embedded in this post from the council meeting, then the one of Zuma Dogg from Friday (following up on this). MORE TO COME. I know there are other issues in the city like DWP and CRA. But this is low-hanging fruit that is a MAJOR corruption scam -- and will take down a bunch of corrupt people.

DID MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA APPOINT THE ASST GM (ROBERTO A.) WHO IS ALLEGED TO BE PULLING ALL OF THIS OFF, AS DISCUSSED BY COUNCIL? THIS GOES DEEP AND IS ONLY THE FIRST LAYER OF THIS ROTTEN, STINKING ONION. COUNCIL IS SCARED ABOUT THIS ONE!

UP NEXT: I know there is whoopty-doo corruption in the Mayberry-sized cities surrounding Los Angeles City, but a constituent challenging Dennis Zine in the next City Controller election, Zuma Dogg, keeps going over the Rent Escrow Account Program balance sheet...and keeps coming up TWO MILLION DOLLARS SHORT!?!?! (Dennis wouldn't know: He can't count past ten, without taking off his shoes.)

(IS $2 MILLION "MISSING" FROM THE ACCOUNT, AS HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THIS BLOG FOR A FEW MONTHS, NOW?)

(Maybe one of these fist pounding, LA Times re-reading, hot-air blowing, AM radio talk show hosts can utter a peep over this? OR DO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL INDICTMENTS ARE REPORTED IN L.A. TIMES, AFTER THE FACT, AS THE OTHER 99.9% OF THE TIME?)

L.A. City Council Discusses Housing Dept Corruption Allegations (Pt 2)

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES: CA Attorney General Kamala Harris Press Event @ L.A. City Hall (Hosted by L.A.'s Official Mascot, Antonio Villaraiogsa)

VIDEO WILL BE POSTED LATER TODAY from the Kamala Harris Press Event addressing the issue of LAUSD truancy. L.A mascot Antonio Villaraigosa was also on hand to deliver a statement. (Will post video, soon.) Glad to see the city's budget crisis has been solved, and the mayor of Los Angeles can get back to using the day to campaign for others.  (Seems to have worked WONDERS for Hillary Clinton, Jack Weiss, Measure B and Janice Hahn! Guess we know who is going to LOSE the California Attorney General election in November.)

"MAAAAAAAAAKE-UPPPPP, PLEEEEEEEEASE! Don't you know I was on "All My Children!"

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"Yes the city is burning, but there's always time for cameras. Thank you for still being here." - Mayor Villar

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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa hard at work, doing what he does best. Campaigning for others on city time.

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10/08: Inept Mayor Antonio Loseraigosa & Kamala Harris at L.A. City Hall Press Event.

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10/08: ZumaDogg presents AG Candidate Kamala Harris & Mayoral Mascot Antonio Villaraigosa @ City Hall Press Event.

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10:08: Crowd shot of Kamala Harris Attorney General Press Event @ L.A. City Hall w CIty Mascot Antonio Villaraigosa.

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10/08: Attorney General Candidate Kamala Harris & L.A. Mascot Antonio Villaraiogsa @ L.A. City Hall

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Los Angeles Housing Department CONFLICT OF INTEREST with RENT ESCROW CONTRACTORS Discussed at Today's L.A. City Council Meeting (HERE IS THE MEMO THAT WAS DISCSSED!)

TUESDAY OCTOBER 5, 2010 UPDATE: At today's Los Angeles City Council meeting, a group of concerned constituents, who saw this memo posted on this blog, showed up to further expose the conflict of interest allegations at the L.A. Housing Department regarding the REAP (Rent Escrow) outreach contractors. The matter was address by Council during the July 21, 2010 council meeting. The City Attorney was supposed to have a report ready on the matter. But they announced their homework was not ready (they hadn't started the report). Perhaps, because all resources are allocated toward billboard enforcement, instead of the conflict at the Housing Department that the city will lose many, many, many millions of dollars in upcoming lawsuits.

HERE IS A FULL REPRINT OF THIS MEMO AS ADDRESSED DURING TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING BY A GROUP OF ACTIVISTS. 


(It should also be mentioned, that it has been brought to the attention of the L.A. City News staff that there is about $2 million in unaccounted for (LOST/MISSING/DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE) DOLLARS! (And, constituents in Eric Garcetti's district are starting to become squeaky wheels regarding the "Hotel California" aspect of trying to get your money out of RENT ESCROW. (The money check in, but can never leave.) IS THERE A RACKET GOING ON BETWEEN THE OUTREACH CONTRACTORS & TENANTS TO FILE COMPLAINTS AGAINST LANDLORDS IN CD 13 ERIC GARCETTI'S DISTRICT TO KEEP THE MONEY IN THE CITY'S ACCOUNT, AND NO BEING RETURNED TO IT'S RIGHTFUL OWNERS - (THE PROPERTY OWNERS). Perhaps a Grand Jury investigation will be getting to the bottom of these matters.


LETTER FROM (ALLEGEDLY) FRUSTRATED L.A. HOUSING DEPT STAFF ON RENT ESCROW CONFLICT OF INTEREST as addressed by Council, currently awaiting a (delayed) report from the City Attorney's office:

Dear Sir,

We are a group of Housing Department employees who are too intimidated to disclose our identities, yet are troubled enough to address some of the recent conflict of interest allegations pertaining to the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP).

We would like to thank you for speaking up during the July 21st Council meeting and bringing to light the fact that the Housing Department’s REAP contractors are under a cloud of serious conflict of interest allegations (July 21, 2010 Council Session, Item  #37).

You were absolutely correct in your observation that some REAP contractors may have abused their roles and turned their LAHD contracts into a revolving business by playing on both sides of the proverbial fence.

As we understand, during the July 21st session the LAHD and the City Attorney’s Office were tasked with investigating the aforementioned conflict of interest allegations and submitting a report to the City Council on their findings.

We would like to inform you, however, that as far as REAP is concerned, there exists an appearance of impropriety within the Housing Department itself. As things stand now, the LAHD is not in a position to conduct a fair and impartial investigation, and it should be precluded from investigating its REAP outreach contractors. It is an open secret that some member(s) of the LAHD executive team have a private and personal interest in this matter that may influence the objective exercise of their official duties. This, at the very least, smacks of blatant conflict of interest.

Specifically, the LAHD Assistant General Manager in charge of overseeing REAP, Roberto H. Aldape, was previously employed by and had a business relationship with one of the outreach contractors in question – the Los Angeles Housing Law Project.

To place the subject matter in a broader context, Roberto H. Aldape was hired by the LAHD in late 2006, having neither led large organizational units nor having worked in the public sector in his prior employment history. His appointment is yet another of a series of questionable and arbitrary actions that over the years the LAHD has become infamous for. Stated another way, the LAHD hired one of its contractors’ representatives (if not the contractor’s principal agent) and placed him in charge of overseeing the same contractor.

Mr. Aldape is a fervent adherent of the kiss-up-kick-down school of management, and his foul mouthed, bullying management style demands not merely obedience but also obeisance. He mercilessly and relentlessly goes after all those who dare to contradict him or question his tactics and management style. As time passed, somehow his interim AGM position was eased into a permanent one. Also noteworthy is the fact that nowadays the LAHD has four AGMs, whereas in the past it had only two or three.

The person directly in charge of REAP, Compliance Division Director Roya Babazadeh, is not about to challenge or express opinions contrary to Mr. Aldape’s. Suffice it to mention that Ms. Babazadeh’s appointment to her current position was not without controversy itself: she was promoted over more qualified and experienced female and minority candidates, and her promotion was in direct violation of class-specific preconditions and requirements.

Assistant General Manager Roberto H. Aldape’s relationship with one of the REAP outreach contractors, the Los Angeles Housing Law Project, is of such opaqueness that it definitely should raise a red flag. In the past decade or so the Los Angeles Housing Law Project has been awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in City contracts, yet one may never find out how many side lawsuits this contractor has initiated from information gained through REAP outreach contacts.

Curiously, in various documents and websites, Mr. Aldape’s law office and the Los Angeles Housing Law Project had been listed under the same address.

For example, in the City of Los Angeles Compliance List For Equal Benefits Ordinance database, the Law Offices of Roberto H. Aldape and the Los Angeles Housing Law Project share the same address: 1125 West 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017 (EXHIBIT 1 and EXHIBIT 2).

In addition, various websites also convey the same information: the Law Offices of Roberto H. Aldape and the Los Angeles Housing Law Project had the same address and conducted their business from the same physical location (EXHIBIT 3 and EXHIBIT 4).

Mr. Aldape’s relationship with the Los Angeles Housing Law Project is a murky one at best and raises numerous ethical questions: What exactly was his relationship with the Los Angeles Housing Law Project that he was allowed to operate his own law practice from the same address?

Were the Law Offices of Roberto H. Aldape and the Los Angeles Housing Law Project actually the same entity and different in name only?

Did the Law Offices of Roberto H. Aldape at one point in time morph into the Los Angeles Housing Law Project, or was it the other way around?

Were these two business names used interchangeably, depending on convenience and expediency?

Did Mr. Aldape conduct a separate law practice while simultaneously working with the Los Angeles Housing Law Project? If so, how many of his private practice cases originated from the Los Angeles Housing Law Project?

Another potential red flag arises from the fact that the name of the Los Angeles Housing Law Project cannot be found in the California Attorney General’s database listing of nonprofit organizations. Interestingly enough, among the five REAP outreach contractors, the Los Angeles Housing Law Project is the only one that is not listed in this database.

All nonprofit groups are under strict registration and annual reporting requirements, and as a nonprofit corporation, the Los Angeles Housing Law Project cannot be exempted from such rules.

It remains to be seen whether this is an omission by the California Attorney General’s Office or the Los Angeles Housing Law Project. If a nonprofit corporation fails to register, the nonprofit is in violation of the California Nonprofit Integrity Act.

A failure to register would also violate the City of Los Angeles contract provisions, where a “good standing with any regulatory agencies” is one of the requirements.

It is unquestionable that, at the very least, Mr. Aldape has had a pivotal business relationship with the Los Angeles Housing Law Project.

The idea that somehow he could be impartial enough to oversee an objective and fair investigation of the Los Angeles Housing Law Project is laughable, if not outright illegal. Should Mr. Aldape nominally recuse himself from this investigation, it would be equally questionable to assume that any of his subordinates would be brave enough to come up with evidence potentially incriminating the Los Angeles Housing Law Project.

Needless to say, those brave and ethical enough to do so would incur Mr. Aldape’s full wrath and fury, while having no place to hide.

After the expiration of the current REAP contracts, a new RFP will go out inviting submission of proposals for outreach services. The Los Angeles Housing Law Project will undoubtedly be one of the bidding contractors. Again, it would strain credulity to assume that anyone inside the LAHD could be in a position to objectively evaluate the proposals and act contrary to Mr. Aldape’s interests.

The Law Offices of Roberto H. Aldape/Los Angeles Housing Law Project arrangement has been a winning one for Roberto H. Aldape. He has managed to parley this curious business deal into a high-paying government job, thus completing the circle fully and gaming the system in its entirety.

The losers in all these, however, have been the taxpayers of Los Angeles and the employees of the LAHD. The former have been kept in the dark and are clueless about the machinations taking place inside LAHD; the latter, while mostly aware of these shenanigans, are too cowed and helpless to do anything about them.

The overwhelming majority of the LAHD employees conduct themselves in an ethical manner day after day, yet over the years this department has been marred by allegations of impropriety and conflict.

And almost without exception, high ranking members of the LAHD have been the source of these transgressions. Time and again, the LAHD has proven that it is not capable of self-policing, and that its internal control mechanisms do not work.

An investigation of the Rent Escrow Account Program is long overdue. The program desperately needs bright sunlight to be shone on its numerous dark corners. We hope the City Council will take the lead on this matter.

[Will try to post the PDF attachment of Exhibits 1-4, documenting how Mr. "Two Hats" has been using both addresses as referenced above. But you can clearly see both addresses being used in the Exhibits.]

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