Jose Huizar

Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the public corruption case involving ex-Los Angeles City Councilman José Huizar will ask a federal judge Monday to put off the trial for one year, but the judge has indicated he wants to start the proceedings earlier.

Former Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar pleaded not guilty Monday to bribery and other federal charges in a racketeering indictment alleging he took cash and other benefits from developers who sought favorable treatment on pending real estate development projects.

Former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan and four others have been added to the criminal case alleging a widespread corruption scheme led by former City Councilman Jose Huizar, bringing to nine the number of defendants charged as a result of the sprawling federal investigation.

A Chinese company’s Arcadia subsidiary has agreed to pay more than $1 million to resolve allegations that it bribed city officials, including former Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar, with campaign contributions, foreign travel and Katy Perry concert tickets to ensure support for its downtown building projects, it was announced Wednesday.

A longtime Los Angeles City Hall lobbyist and close associate of suspended Councilman Jose Huizar was charged Tuesday with acting as the middleman in a bribery scheme in which a developer client agreed to give $50,000 in political donations in exchange for Huizar’s support of the businessman’s Arts District project. In a plea agreement also filed Tuesday, Morris Roland...

Suspended Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on 34 counts alleging he ran a pay to-play scheme in which developers were shaken down for cash bribes and campaign donations in exchange for his help getting high-rise projects through the city’s approval process. The indictment incorporates allegations made in last month’s criminal...

NBC4’s Conan Nolan examines the biggest scandal to hit Los Angeles City Hall since the 1920’s…the arrest of City Councilman Jose Huizar for bribery, extortion, and money laundering…in a pay-for-play scheme that netted another councilman…Mitch Englander. United States Attorney for Southern California Nicola Hanna and Los Angeles Times...

Robert Kovacik reported on NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23, 2020.

Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar was arrested early Tuesday by FBI agents investigating a multi-year ‘pay-to-play’ corruption scheme inside City Hall in which several officials were accused of accepting cash and other perks from developers who sought approval for real estate projects. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 I-Team at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 26, 2020.