Tag Archives: Rudy Montiel

HACLA Scandal, Part Two: What the Mayor Knew, When He Knew It, What He Did About It

Posted on December 12, 2011 by

Scratch the surface of the record of the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) as long as three decades ago and you will find the same kind of financial shenanigans, mismanage abuses and violations of federal rules … Continue reading →

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The HACLA Scandal, Part One: The ‘Know-Nothing’ Deniers Are Unfit for Public Office

Posted on December 10, 2011 by

Dennis Zine: It just, it gets the blood boiling to say, “How did someone get away with this?” Tony Cardenas: They cannot walk away and say “I don’t know.” Wendy Greuel: It seems like there was no one in charge … Continue reading →

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CITY HALL SHOCKWAVE: Antonio Lied — He Knew about $1.2 Million HACLA Hush Money Payoff

Posted on December 8, 2011 by

UPDATE: Continuing its exclusive coverage of the HACLA Scandal, KCET’s SoCal Connected now reports that Ken Simmons, the interim head of the city’s housing authority, is resigning the post  at the Mayor’s request and returning to his old job as chief … Continue reading →

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An Open Letter to L.A. from Laura Chick: The HACLA Scandal and the Failure of City Hall

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

Dear Friends: Just like you, I have been disgusted over the recent news reports on the outrageous spending and settlement decision by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles. The crisis of ethical judgment at the Housing Authority demands … Continue reading →

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KCET Exclusive: SoCal Connected Exposes Rudy Montiel and the LA Public Housing Scandal

Posted on March 23, 2011 by

Six months in the making. KCET”s SoCal Connected reveals the truth about LA’s highest paid official, the $450,000-a-year Rudy Montiel, who was fired Monday as head of the city’s public housing agency, the Housing Authority of the City of Los … Continue reading →

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Half-Million-Dollar LA Housing Chief Axed — The Right Thing for the Wrong Reasons

Posted on March 22, 2011 by

Rudy Montiel lived like a king in Rancho Cucamonga while the poor people he was supposed to provide decent housing for often lived in squalor in substandard buildings. In his seven-year reign of the perpetually troubled Housing Authority of the … Continue reading →

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Where’s Rudy? LA’s Half-Million Dollar Official and the Public Housing Scandal

Posted on November 11, 2010 by

City Hall can run but it can’t hide from its responsibility for the scandal they have ignored for so long in the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA), the agency that runs public housing programs. Long before … Continue reading →

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Troubled L.A. Housing Authority cooked the books — again; this time by $27 million

Posted on September 9, 2008 by

Hard as it may be to believe, it was just six months ago that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa celebrated his managerial triumph by getting the long troubled L.A. Housing Authority (HACLA) back in the good graces of the federal government. The … Continue reading →

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