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March 21, 2013
Bell Corruption Verdicts: Ex-Mayor Oscar Hernandez, 4 Council Members Found Guilty
Updated at the bottom: The judge declared a mistrial on remaining counts. First posted at 12:14 p.m. Wednesday. The jury in the corruption trial of six ex-city leaders of Bell found former Mayor Oscar Hernandez and ex-council members Teresa Jacobo, George Mirabal, Victor Bello, and George Cole guil ... More >>
Blogs
November 1, 2011
Robert Rizzo Sues City of Bell For $1.5 Million
Rizzo gets the 'Art in the Streets' treatment in Little Tokyo.Robert Rizzo, the human hedgehog at the center of the Bell salary scandal that allegedly cost taxpayers there $5.5 million, is suing the city for his cut. Really. And he might be right. Though the former city manager is accused ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2011
Robert Rizzo's House for Sale: Drop $1 Million on Huntington Beach Mansion Haunted by Ex-Bell City Manager
Oh, the memories at 1935 Lake Street.Unsurprisingly, Robert Rizzo, the slimy Bell politician who was (allegedly; LOL) paying himself $800,000 per year with a $1 million pension, didn't think it wise to live among his duped constituents. So he settled for a $1.13 million mansion in Huntington ... More >>
Blogs
May 20, 2011
Robert Rizzo, Accused Ringleader of Bell Salary Scandal, Gets Iconic Street Art Treatment
Ted SoquiR to the Izzo.Andre the Giant, George W. Bush and President Obama have all been immortalized by L.A. street artists. Now our favorite alleged misuser of public funds, Robert Rizzo, is getting the icon treatment too (see it on the next page). His bloated, frog-like face is perfect f ... More >>
Blogs
April 18, 2011
L.A. Times Wins Pulitzer For Bell Coverage; LA Weekly's Jonathan Gold is a Finalist
L.A. Times is winning.The Los Angeles Times won the most-prestigious Pulitzer Prize today -- the public service award -- given to the paper for breaking and investigating the city of Bell's salary scandal. The paper also won the photography award for feature shots on the aftermath of violent ... More >>
Blogs
April 7, 2011
Bell's New City Council to be Installed: A New Day For the Scandal Plagued City?
Ted SoquiA new day for Bell?After nearly a year of political upheaval and scandal, the little urban city of Bell will see a whole new City Council take charge this week. The "installation" of city's new council happens at 7 p.m. tonight at the Bell Community Center, 6250 Pine Ave. Yes, you'r ... More >>
News
March 31, 2011
Manhattan Beach Sex Payoff
City manager Dolan got $270,000 — instead of being fired for misbehavior
Blogs
March 25, 2011
Robert Rizzo, Disgraced Former City Manager of Bell, Wants You to Foot His Legal Bill
Rizzo.Robert Rizzo, the disgraced former city manager of Bell who reportedly took home as much as $1.5 million in compensation, wants you to foot his legal bill. That's right. Rizzo, who helped spark the salary scandal in which several city officials in the working class town were taking hom ... More >>
Blogs
March 11, 2011
Pensions Gone Wild: Retired Vernon City Official Bruce Malkenhorst Sr. Takes Home $520,000 a Year in Public Retirement
HatMA Rolls Royce pension came out of one gritty SoCal city.Pensions and retirement benefits are in the hot seat these days, even in union-friendly L.A. City Hall, where Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a beneficiary of labor's support, has asked for concessions to help with L.A.'s looming $400 mi ... More >>
Blogs
March 9, 2011
Bell Recall Election Results: New City Council Slate Wins
Ted SoquiBell last summer.Bell residents on Tuesday had a chance to make historic change and recall its embattled City Council in favor of new slates. They recalled four council members. The results included victories for Ali Saleh, Nestor Valencia, Violeta Alvarez. Danny Harber was elected ... More >>
Blogs
March 8, 2011
Big, Fat Tuesday for Little City of Bell: Residents Get to Elect Whole New Slate of Leaders
New tenants desired.Big day for the small Southeast L.A. County town of Bell: It gets to replace its entire City Council if voters so wish. And while there are two distinct factions of candidates running for office -- a police-union-backed slate versus one that wants to disband the Bell P.D. ... More >>
Blogs
March 7, 2011
Vigil For Miguel Sanchez, Bell Council Candidate Who Might Have Succumbed to Swine Flu
Justice For Bell / FacebookMiguel Alejandro Sanchez.A new wave of reform for the scandalized city of Bell took a tragic turn over the weekend when a well-liked City Council candidate, Miguel Alejandro Sanchez, died. His brother says it might have been the Swine Flu that killed him. Sanchez ... More >>
Blogs
February 23, 2011
Bell Salary Scandal Figure Robert Rizzo Taken Out of Downtown L.A. Court by Paramedics
Ted SoquiR to the Izzo.Robert Rizzo, the rotund figure at the center of the Bell salary scandal, was supposed to be in court Wednesday for a hearing on misappropriation of public funds charges against him. Instead, he ended up in an ambulance. The defendant, who reportedly made as much as $ ... More >>
Blogs
February 14, 2011
City of Bell Email Fun: Officials Called Themselves Fat Pigs, LOLed
Porky the City AdministratorWe found out long ago that Bell's Big Eight -- the shameless crew of elected officials who smuggled millions from a small town on the southeast edge of L.A. County -- were fat pigs, but it's a new kind of satisfaction to hear it straight from their own scuzzy snout ... More >>
Blogs
December 13, 2010
Weapons Dealer From City Of Bell Ranks 10th For Most Guns Found In Mexico
Western Firearms, IncWestern Firearms in the City of BellUpdated after the jump: The Western Firearms location has key links to big players in the Bell salary scandal. How much more bad press could this small town attract? Update, 9:22 a.m.: Exclusive "I had no idea" commentary from store ow ... More >>
Blogs
November 25, 2010
Thanksgiving Day Roundup: TSA 'Opt Out' A Giant Bust; Two-Legged Chihuahua Finds Home; Food Trucks Finally Post Health Grades; Bell Embezzlement Worse Than We Thought; Guide To Free Food; It's #$%&ing Cold Outside
ZimbioBe thankful you're not Robert Rizzo todayWe have a lot to be thankful for in Los Angeles today, from the slow, excruciating drag-out of former Bell City Manager/embezzler Robert Rizzo's humiliation to a little black chihuahua with only hind legs who hops around like a kangaroo with a br ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2010
Robert Rizzo, Bell's Disgraced City Manager, Owned 'Small Stable' Of Thoroughbreds
R-to-the-izzo seemed to live like a rap star.They call it the sport of kings. And who could blame a man who reportedly pulled in $1.5 million in a recent year for partaking? Of course, if that man was Robert Rizzo, the disgraced former city manager of Bell, then, yeah, there might be some bl ... More >>
Blogs
October 18, 2010
D.A. Steve Cooley Uses Bell Scandal Figure Robert Rizzo In First TV Ad Of Attorney General Campaign
Political fodder: Robert Rizzo behind barsWhen former Bell City Manager Robert Rizzo was frog-marched off to jail last month, some -- including Rizzo's lawyer -- questioned the timing. The D.A.'s office had been investigating Bell for more than a year, but waited until six weeks before the Novemb ... More >>
Blogs
October 7, 2010
Robert Rizzo, Bell's Former $1.5 Million City Manager, Released From L.A. County Jail On $2 Million Bail
In the most highly anticipated jail release since Lindsay Lohan walked out of a Lynwood lockup for women, former Bell city manager Robert Rizzo, who some say was the most egregious earner in that city's salary scandal, waddled out of the Twin Towers Correctional Facility downtown early Thursd ... More >>
Blogs
September 23, 2010
Caught On Tape: Bell Salary Scandal Suspect Robert Rizzo Snoozes, Smirks In Court
Robert Rizzo.So you're the guy almost everyone thinks is the mastermind, the Bernie Madoff, the Dr. Evil of the Bell salary scandal, the guy who reportedly pulled $1.5 million in salary and other take-home from a struggling, working-class city, the former Bell city manager who allegedly made ... More >>
Blogs
September 23, 2010
Meg Whitman Aims The Stink Of Bell Salary Scandal At Jerry Brown: As Oakland Mayor He Had The State's Highest Paid City Administrator
Randy Bayne via FlickrThis summer Jerry Brown has been all over the Bell salary scandal, calling the millions in pay for city officials there "unbelievable," and "outrageous." He even sued, as Attorney General, to get cash back. His Republican opponent for California governor, Meg Whitman, is ca ... More >>
Blogs
September 22, 2010
City of Bell Residents Cheer Arrests Of Officials As Children Punch, Spit On Image Of Ex-City Manager Robert Rizzo
Steve LaIn what seemed like a 4th of July block party, dozens of locals in the city of Bell amassed Tuesday afternoon in front of City Hall celebrating the arrests of eight current and former Bell elected leaders and officials. Residents passed out American flags, party hats, balloons and noise m ... More >>
Blogs
September 22, 2010
Bell's City Money Used 'Like A Petty Cash Drawer' By Officials, Says State Controller John Chiang
Robert Rizzo. Updated after the jump with postponement of arraignment for defendants. First posted at 10:51 a.m. Those eight arrests of Bell city officials Tuesday weren't for nothing, if you ask the state's top budget man, John Chiang. The state controller released an audit of Bell's financ ... More >>
Blogs
September 22, 2010
Rogue's Gallery: Mug Shots Of Robert Rizzo And 'The Bell Eight' For Your Next Dart Game
Ted SoquiThey're quickly becoming known as the "Bell Eight" -- those illustrious officials from that working-class, Los Angeles suburb accused of misappropriating public funds and, as state controller John Chiang put it Wednesday, using public money "like a petty cash drawer." On Tuesday they we ... More >>
Blogs
September 21, 2010
Robert Rizzo Took Out $95,000 Loan From Bell, Repaid It Through City, According To Forthcoming Audit
Robert Rizzo.More shenanigans from the Bell salary scandal emerged late Monday as the Los Angeles Times reported that former city manager Robert Rizzo lent himself $95,000 against his retirement account and then authorized repayment by the city. We're not sure what's more ballsy, the fact t ... More >>
Blogs
September 21, 2010
City Of Bell Officials Arrested
Ted SoquiBell suspects on the board.Updated after the jump with arraignment time tomorrow plus more community reaction, including quotes from Bell activist Cristina Garcia. Originally posted at 9:50 a.m: By J. Patrick Coolican and Dennis Romero In what may be an unprecedented crime sweep of ... More >>
Blogs
September 21, 2010
Comment Of The Day: Why Did Bell's Highly Paid Police Chief Avoid The D.A.'s Crosshairs?
Randy Adams: Friends in high places?The arrests Tuesday of eight Bell city officials rounded up all the suspects -- former city manager Robert Rizzo, former assistant city manager Angela Spaccia, Mayor Oscar Hernandez, City Council members Luis Artiga, Teresa Jacobo and George Mirabal, and fo ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2010
Jerry Brown To Make Announcement On Bell Salary Scandal; Announces Expansion Of Probe To Include Other Governments
The office of state Attorney General Jerry Brown announced "a major new development" in its investigation of the exorbitant salaries given to Bell city officials. In July the A.G.'s office announced its investigation; the next month Brown subpoenaed personal financial records of the highly pa ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2010
Jerry Brown To Sue Bell Officials Over Big Pay; Indictments Could Be Coming
Attorney General Jerry Brown, who is also the Democratic candidate for governor, announced Wednesday that his office would file lawsuits against eight former Bell officials, including former city manager Robert Rizzo, "to get the money back.'' "We are filing our lawsuit on behalf of the publ ... More >>
Blogs
September 10, 2010
Feds Investigating Bell Over Towing Policy
Update: See below, with proper credit to La Opinion. The Times reports that the Justice Department is investigating Bell over possible civil rights violations related to its policy of "profiling for impounds," a practice revealed by LA Weekly last month whereby police would troll the streets ... More >>
Blogs
August 31, 2010
Bell: Robert Rizzo Gave Questionable Loans
At this point it's starting to seem like using a firearm to kill aquatic life in a barrel-like object, but still worth noting: Another Times story on Robert Rizzo, the former Bell city manager who was making nearly $800,000 per year when he retired in July under a cloud that looks increasingl ... More >>
Blogs
August 25, 2010
Bell City Council Members Took Pay For Non-Existent Commission Meetings
The Times continues banging away on the Bell salary story, reporting that City Council members were paid thousands of dollars to sit on commissions that rarely met. That's how they wound up making nearly $100,000 per year until they knocked down their salaries last month to about $8,000. It ... More >>
Blogs
August 25, 2010
Most California Public Worker Retirees Receive Modest Pension
Rich pensioners? Most of them aren't. The talk of bloated public employee pensions is everywhere, both here and nationally, not least because of the salary scandal in the city of Bell, where the recently retired city manager Robert Rizzo is set to take home millions of dollars during his...go ... More >>
Blogs
August 20, 2010
Salaries Gone Wild: Vernon Joins The Fray With $1 Million-Plus Attorney Eric T. Fresch
MapquestIt seems the industrialized and immigrant-heavy cities southeast of downtown are where you want to be if you want to take advantage of taxpayers. Following the Bell salary scandal, in which former city manager Robert Rizzo made as much as $1.5 million a year, the Los Angeles Times rep ... More >>
Blogs
August 18, 2010
No More Sweet Loans For Bell Officials As City Could Default On $35 Million Bond
Robert Rizzo.Another aspect of the Bell city scandal unfolded this week at the Los Angeles Times reported that nearly $900,000 in municipal loans were given to former city manager Robert Rizzo, two City Council members and other employees. Almost as fast, however, interim administrative off ... More >>
Blogs
August 16, 2010
City Of San Bernardino Considers Towing Plan That's Being Compared To Bell's Controversial Impound Policy
The San Bernardino City Council on Monday will consider a proposal to create an in-house, city tow yard essentially to raise more money from police impounds. The idea has at least one critic comparing the idea to the city of Bell's own policy of allegedly encourage police to impound vehicles ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2010
Robert Rizzo, Disgraced Former Bell City Manager, Pushed Police Hard To Impound Cars
Bell police faced an unsubtle message: Impound cars, or elseSometime in early 2009, patrol officers for the Bell Police Department were given an ultimatum: If they didn't help fill city coffers by stepping up their towing and impounding of cars, Bell would have to lay off four fellow officers ... More >>
Blogs
August 11, 2010
Jerry Brown And Steve Cooley Merge Bell Investigations; Bipartisan Camera Mugging
Bell residentsAttorney General Jerry Brown and Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley put out a terse statement that was nevertheless incredibly intriguing: They'll be coordinating their investigations of potential voter fraud and public corruption in the city of Bell. The small ci ... More >>
Blogs
August 11, 2010
Bell Bonds Downgraded To Junk
Perhaps this should come as no surprise, but when former the former city manager of Bell was making nearly $800,000 per year, he was also apparently doing a terrible job managing the city. That became clear as rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the city's debt to junk status, follow ... More >>
Blogs
August 9, 2010
Jerry Brown Expands Bell Salary Investigation, Establishes Voter Fraud Hotline
State Attorney General Jerry Brown stated Sunday night that he would create a voter fraud hotline for people who feel that they might have been hoodwinked by campaigners in the troubled city of Bell. Brown also said he would expand his investigation into the city's exorbitant salaries. Fox ... More >>
Blogs
August 8, 2010
Bell City Manager Robert Rizzo Actually Saw $1.5 Million In Pay And Benefits
Ted SoquiThat exorbitant salary being drawn by former Bell city manager Robert Rizzo -- the nearly $800,000 annual pay that set off a scandal with statewide implications -- was really only half the story. Fox 11 News reported over the weekend that, with paid vacation and sick days, he was g ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2010
CalPers Knew About Bell Salaries In 2006?
As we predicted last week, the fiasco in Bell, where the city manager and his assistant and the police chief were making exorbitant salaries, is like a political vortex of anti-government fervor, with flying debris hitting more than just Bell. This morning The Times reports that CalPERS, t ... More >>
News
July 29, 2010
City of Bell Corruption
The people yell over the smell in the hell that is Bell
Blogs
July 29, 2010
Robert Rizzo, Other Bell Administrators Can't Get Their Pensions Just Yet
Bell city administrators who resigned last week after it was revealed they were taking home exorbitant salaries won't be able to get their pensions until investigators clear them -- and the City Council that agreed to the salaries -- of any wrongdoing, the Times reports today. Ed Fong, a ... More >>
Blogs
July 23, 2010
City Of Bell's Highly Paid Officials Resign
The three Bell city officials who drew the most fire for their extraordinary salaries resigned after a six-hour marathon session of the Bell City Council held behind closed doors Thursday into early Friday. Chief Administrative Officer Robert Rizzo, police Chief Randy Adams and Assistant Cit ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2010
Salaries Gone Wild: Bell City Manager Robert Rizzo Could See Nearly $1.5 Million In Annual Retirement Payments
That city manager of the small southeastern L.A. County municipality of Bell who's been in the hot seat for drawing a near-$800,000 salary could see nearly $1.5 million in annual pension and Social Security payments if he leaves the job. Some residents and city officials have called for the ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2010
Bell City Council Will Consider Firing Robert Rizzo, $787,637-A-Year Manager, In Closed Meeting Today
The Bell City Council on Thursday was scheduled to hold a closed-door meeting to consider firing some of the municipality's notoriously overpaid officials. The public, shut out of an earlier meeting when the council decided to postpone the matter, will have to wait until Monday to have its sa ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2010
Attorney General Jerry Brown To Investigate Astonishing Salaries Earned By Some Bell City Officials
Attorney General Jerry Brown on Thursday announced that his office would investigate the sky-high salaries of some Bell city officials, according to KNX 1070 Newsradio. Brown's announcement came as the Bell City Council went into a closed session meeting that could result in the firings or r ... More >>
Blogs
July 15, 2010
Salaries Gone Wild: $787,637 A Year For City Manager Of ... Bell?
Google MapsWe here at the Weekly have enjoyed roasting Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa ($223,000 a year) and L.A. City Council members ($178,789) for giving themselves some of the highest salaries of any elected city officials in the nation. We turned up the fire even more as the cit ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2010
Bell City Council Under Probe For $100K Salaries
The city of Bell is being probed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office for paying its council members more than $8,000 a month for a part-time job that only caters to 40,000 residents. According to KTLA News, that adds up to nearly $100,000 a year. Though records say that counc ... More >>
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