FBI To Expand Probe Of Los Angeles Building Department

May 31, 2011 5:49 AM

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The FBI is expanding an investigation into the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety to include supervisors.

The Los Angeles Times says the FBI move was disclosed to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa earlier this month in a confidential memo from city General Manager Robert Ovrom.

Two former building inspectors have pleaded guilty to accepting thousands of dollars in bribes to approve construction work they never inspected. Two other employees were placed on leave and one of them has retired.

Ovrom’s memo says 10 other workers are under investigation by the city and the internal probe could expand.

FBI To Expand Probe Of Los Angeles Building Department

Peter mas

They should investigate the ties between politics and building permits… especially in West Los Angeles where wild commercial and residential construction has brought density of traffic to a paralisys.
ginny

While the FBI is in town, how about they also investigate the Housing and the Transpotation Depatments. Then on to the City Council and the Mayors office. The Buidling Department isn’t the only place with dirty hands in town.