Email Author Jeffrey Anderson

Awards

• 2008 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  "The Town the Law Forgot"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "The Town the Law Forgot"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 8, 2007

  "Hector Marroquin's Revenge"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 13, 2007

  "Slammed for Secret Asbestos Removal"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 9, 2007

  "Name Game in Huntington Park"

• 2008 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  "The Town the Law Forgot"

• 2008 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published May 25, 2007

  "The Boras Factor"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 16, 2006

  "The Steve And Bob Show"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 16, 2006

  "Sex, Justice and the DAs Office"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 5, 2006

  "Heap Of Trouble"

• 2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 13, 2006

  "Broken Bridges"

• 2006 - Investigative Reporters and Editors

  "The DWP Files"

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2006 Stories by Jeffrey Anderson

• The Defiant Tenant

  published October 12, 2006

  RICHARD MERUELO WALKED OUT OF COURT one day last month looking like he needed some air. The 41-year-old land banker, who owns more... More >>

• Welcome to Boondoggle Unified

  published September 14, 2006

  JOE SANTOS KNEW A CONFRONTATION would be risky. For months, his boss had brushed off his concerns about possible waste on the federal... More >>

• The Steve and Bob Show

  published August 17, 2006

  EVERY CRIMINAL DEFENDANT needs a good lawyer. Better if the lawyer is a close personal friend of District Attorney Steve... More >>

• Sex, Justice and the D.A.'s Office

  published August 17, 2006

  The 1982 murder trial of Adam Miranda and its aftermath played out like a particularly salacious episode of Law & Order.... More >>

• Foreplay and Justice

  published August 10, 2006

  An updated version of this article appears here. ... More >>

• Bad Gas

  published July 20, 2006

  ONLY ONE COUNCILMEMBER, it seems, is concerned that the city’s coziness with Playa Vista developers could be setting the stage for... More >>

• The Human Teardown

  published July 13, 2006

  CITY CONTROLLER LAURA CHICK’S scathing audit this week shows an out-of-control Department of Building and Safety that allows... More >>

• A Methane-charged Lawsuit

  published July 13, 2006

  A GROUP OF ACTIVISTS asked a Los Angeles judge Friday to hold the city in contempt of court for failing to ensure the safety of... More >>

• Ignoring is Bliss

  published July 6, 2006

  THE CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED a residential project Wednesday, exposing the city to an environmental lawsuit over a land-use... More >>

• Hammered by Auditors

  published June 29, 2006

  A DRAFT AUDIT OF L.A.’S DEPARTMENT of Building and Safety exposes deep cracks in the foundation of the pivotal city agency whose... More >>

• The Addled Department

  published June 15, 2006

  MAYOR ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA’S OFFICE called up the troubled chief of the Building and Safety Department last week demanding... More >>

• the Cracked Foundation

  published June 8, 2006

  WHEN ANDREW ADELMAN TOOK OVER as general manager of the Department of Building and Safety in 1997, he embraced the mantra “Be a... More >>

• The Cracked Foundation

  published June 8, 2006

  WHEN ANDREW ADELMAN TOOK OVER as general manager of the Department of Building and Safety in 1997, he embraced the mantra “Be a... More >>

• Seeking Refuge

  published June 1, 2006

  OF ALL THE ENCOUNTERS IN HIS LIFE, Troy Williams’ stint as an accountant for the African Community Resource Center (ACRC) figured... More >>

• Rocky's Toughest Comeback

  published May 25, 2006

  Rocky Delgadillo was a long way from home, but not in unfamiliar territory, when he was spotted in Cambridge, Massachusetts, one Friday last... More >>

• What Would Jerry and Rocky Do?

  published May 25, 2006

  Talk about a study in personal contrasts: upstart Rocky Delgadillo from the rough streets of Highland Park versus “Governor... More >>

• Slapped Around

  published May 11, 2006

  DOWNTOWN LAND BANKER Richard Meruelo might not have asked the Department of Building and Safety or regional air-quality officials for... More >>

• Demolition Justice

  published May 11, 2006

  L.A.’S DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND SAFETY held a rare hearing Wednesday to determine whether to penalize downtown land banker... More >>

• Uprising in the Water Colonies

  published May 4, 2006

  RON DEATON, THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER’S embattled general manager, was not up to talking about the doomed Owens Lake Dust... More >>

• Shock Therapy

  published May 4, 2006

  A major question at the Department of Water and Power that continually goes unanswered is: what is General Manager Ron Deaton doing to regain... More >>

• Rocky's Stomach Punch

  published April 13, 2006

  FOR A GUY WHO WANTS TO BE California’s attorney general, Rocky Delgadillo has a strange way of showing respect for the law. Last... More >>

• Heap of Trouble

  published April 6, 2006

  WHEN IT COMES TO REAL ESTATE, some laws seem to bother Richard Meruelo, the land banker and prolific campaign contributor who dumped... More >>

• Rocky's Down for the Count

  published April 6, 2006

  A WRONGFUL-TERMINATION LAWSUIT filed by former city prosecutor Lynn Magnandonovan against the city attorney and his top deputies... More >>

• Audit Blues

  published March 30, 2006

  BURDENED BY THE HALF-BILLION dollar Owens Lake Dust Mitigation Project, along with other environmental-restoration projects in Owens... More >>

• MIA on DWP

  published March 30, 2006

  TOM LABONGE’S OFFICE IN CITY HALL features a life-size cardboard cutout of water baron William Mulholland, the founding father of... More >>