According to Chicago and Illinois, Leading the Pack in Corruption Anti-Corruption Report Number 5 February 15, 2012:
Based on data from the United States Department of Justice, next to Chicago, Los Angeles California is the second most corrupt city in the United States: Federal Public Corruption Convictions by Judicial District 1976 – 2010 ….. 2. California-Central (Los Angeles): 2010=29 convictions; 2000-2009=383 convictions; 1990-1999=595 convictions; 1976-1989=268 convictions; and, 1976-2010=1275 convictions …..
The Los Angeles County District Attorney
In 2000, Steve Cooley won the election for Los Angeles County District Attorney (the lawyer for the people) after promising the much needed reform(s) necessary to reduce rampant corruption. And, in 2001, the newly elected District Attorney created the Public Integrity Division, a special unit created to take on public corruption, and, the Justice System Integrity Division to focus on criminal misconduct by lawyers, law enforcement officers and the judiciary. From 2001 through 2012, the Public Integrity Division received tips and allegations from the public, averaging 337 complaints per year, against public officials.
By the end of 2014 Los Angeles County District Attorneys Steve Cooley, whose third and final term ended in 2012, and Jackie Lacey, whose “top priority is keeping the streets of Los Angeles County safe from violent and dangerous criminals … safeguarding our children from human sex traffickers, our seniors from financial elder abuse and our communities from environmental crimes that threaten our health and our livelihood”, had prosecuted several public corruption cases including but not limited to nine residency cases against politicians for lying about where they ‘lived’ when they ran for office. While Federal public corruption convictions were rising, Los Angeles County District Attorneys Steve Cooley and Jackie Lacey would ultimately spend years of precious time, effort and taxpayer dollars, creating and prosecuting criminal cases against these nine residency violators. As if the State of California would be better governed by the successful prosecution of nine politicians who lied about their residency, than the State of California would be had that time, effort, and taxpayer dollars been invested on far more serious political corruption cases, with broader public consequences, such as those resulting from politicians who abuse the power they are given: extortion, bribery, stealing from the taxpayers, illegal patronage, conflicts of interest, campaign money laundering, etc.
However, ultimately, a guilty verdict(s) by a ‘jury of one’s peers’ does not automatically mean that there was ever enough evidence to even open a case in the first place.
From 2009 through 2014, while too many people weren’t paying attention (and too many people couldn’t be bothered to vote), in a place where selective enforcement of law(s) is as much a part of the culture of City Hall’s corruption as selling out the public interest, the Los Angeles County District Attorney unlawfully prosecuted what even they recognized to be a ‘Good Public Servant(s)’, in the name of the People ... in the name of Justice.
UNTIL JUSTICE PREVAILS: Los Angeles City Councilman Richard A. Alarcon is NOT GUILTY
Based on data from the United States Department of Justice, next to Chicago, Los Angeles California is the second most corrupt city in the United States: Federal Public Corruption Convictions by Judicial District 1976 – 2010 ….. 2. California-Central (Los Angeles): 2010=29 convictions; 2000-2009=383 convictions; 1990-1999=595 convictions; 1976-1989=268 convictions; and, 1976-2010=1275 convictions …..
The Los Angeles County District Attorney
In 2000, Steve Cooley won the election for Los Angeles County District Attorney (the lawyer for the people) after promising the much needed reform(s) necessary to reduce rampant corruption. And, in 2001, the newly elected District Attorney created the Public Integrity Division, a special unit created to take on public corruption, and, the Justice System Integrity Division to focus on criminal misconduct by lawyers, law enforcement officers and the judiciary. From 2001 through 2012, the Public Integrity Division received tips and allegations from the public, averaging 337 complaints per year, against public officials.
By the end of 2014 Los Angeles County District Attorneys Steve Cooley, whose third and final term ended in 2012, and Jackie Lacey, whose “top priority is keeping the streets of Los Angeles County safe from violent and dangerous criminals … safeguarding our children from human sex traffickers, our seniors from financial elder abuse and our communities from environmental crimes that threaten our health and our livelihood”, had prosecuted several public corruption cases including but not limited to nine residency cases against politicians for lying about where they ‘lived’ when they ran for office. While Federal public corruption convictions were rising, Los Angeles County District Attorneys Steve Cooley and Jackie Lacey would ultimately spend years of precious time, effort and taxpayer dollars, creating and prosecuting criminal cases against these nine residency violators. As if the State of California would be better governed by the successful prosecution of nine politicians who lied about their residency, than the State of California would be had that time, effort, and taxpayer dollars been invested on far more serious political corruption cases, with broader public consequences, such as those resulting from politicians who abuse the power they are given: extortion, bribery, stealing from the taxpayers, illegal patronage, conflicts of interest, campaign money laundering, etc.
However, ultimately, a guilty verdict(s) by a ‘jury of one’s peers’ does not automatically mean that there was ever enough evidence to even open a case in the first place.
From 2009 through 2014, while too many people weren’t paying attention (and too many people couldn’t be bothered to vote), in a place where selective enforcement of law(s) is as much a part of the culture of City Hall’s corruption as selling out the public interest, the Los Angeles County District Attorney unlawfully prosecuted what even they recognized to be a ‘Good Public Servant(s)’, in the name of the People ... in the name of Justice.
UNTIL JUSTICE PREVAILS: Los Angeles City Councilman Richard A. Alarcon is NOT GUILTY
