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EXCLUSIVE: 11 Individuals Donated To Noguez Bail Effort; Jailed Assessor To Be Released Tonight
Jailed Los Angeles County Assessor To Be Freed By 10 p.m. Friday By Randy Economy Los Cerritos Community Newspaper has been able to confirm that 11 different people were involved…
WATCHDOG: Los Cerritos Community News Starts “Citizens for a Clean and Honest Government” Committee
In an ongoing effort to report on corruption within local city halls, school districts, college board of trustees, and other local government agencies, Los Cerritos Community Newspaper Publisher Brian Hews…
EXCLUSIVE: Wendy Greuel’s Official Calendar Shows Years of Campaigning for Mayor on Taxpayer’s Dollar
(Copyright. Los Cerritos Community Newspaper. All Rights Reserved. Republishing Granted With Proper Attribution). Documents can be found at the end of this article By Randy Economy A six month investigation…
List of Visitors to Jailed Assessor Noguez to Remain Out of Public Glare
Update 4:50 p.m.: Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca called Los Cerritos Community Newspaper regarding the below published article 20 minutes after this was published. Baca confirmed that Noguez has…
Jailed Los Angeles County Assessor celebrates birthday behind bars; Email encourages donations to legal fund
By Randy Economy Jailed Los Angeles County Assessor John R. Noguez celebrated his birthday behind bars last week and on Monday morning, several of his supporters and friends received an…
Huntington Park Recall Leaders Become Target of San Francisco Political Law Firm
Updated at 5:13 a.m., Wednesday: Los Cerritos Community Newspaper has been told that at least six supporters of the recall effort in Huntington Park formally informed City Clerk Rosanna Ramirez…
LCCN EXCULSIVE: Part Two of Interview with DA Steve Cooley About Career, Future, Noguez Arrest
Note: This is the second and final installment of an exclusive interview with Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley by Los Cerritos Community Newspaper Publisher Brian Hews and Reporter…
Billionaire Developer of the Grove Got Massive Property Reductions from LA County Assessor
Rick Caruso, potential candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles received special treatment and substantial property tax reductions for The Grove, then donated thousands to embattled assessor’s political efforts.…
Audit of LA County Assessor’s operation enters fourth month
By Randy Economy A massive audit into the operations of the embattled Los Angeles County Assessor’s Office continued this week with accounting officials combing through countless financial records. The audit…
Forty Nine Noguez employees contributed nearly $40K to 2010 election effort
By Randy Economy and Brian Hews Nearly 50 high ranking employees inside the Los Angeles County Assessor’s Office have given a total of nearly $40,000 in political contributions to the…