How L.A. corruption kills affordable housing


At a news conference Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Nick Hanna cited [a forthcoming project in the Los Angeles Arts District] as an example of “the harm that comes with bribery.” “Thanks to Mr. Huizar, the development would have minimal affordable housing units, despite the fact that this area is desperate for low-income housing,” Hanna said.



Writing in The Los Angeles Times, Emily Alpert Reyes and David Zahniser dig into the fallout of a still unfolding corruption probe taking shape in Los Angeles that implicates sitting City Councilmember Jose Huizar, who was arrested earlier this week by federal authorities. 

The probe has ensnared, according to The Los Angeles Times, a development that matches the characteristics of 520 Mateo, a 475-unit, 35-story mixed-use project developed by Carmel Partners and designed by Works Progress Architecture and Solomon Caldwell Buenz that is currently under construction. The project, as well as other high-profile developments implicated in the probe, was approved with Huizar's help while he sat on the city's Planning and Land Use Committee, allegedly in exchange for bribes, kick backs, and other financial favors from developers and other interests, according to federal officials.

Among the favorable terms granted with the project's approval, The Los Angeles Times reports, was a reduction...

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