L.A. Gangsta Rap Music Video: "Herb Wesson and the F.B.I." (About L.A. City Council Council President, but not for long...) - via MoreMusicVids.com

WOW, this is HARSH! Zuma Dogg music video, "Herb Wesson and the F.B.I." (Herb Wesson is current L.A. City Council President...till after March '13 elections, when the other L.A. mafia faction has the votes; and YANKS his ass.)

"Herb Wesson and the F.B.I" - (Full Song)

| Free Download



MORE ON THE HONORABLE MR. MAFIA MUPPET MAN:

YouTube: Zuma Dogg BLASTS Wesson on City TV! - http://youtu.be/G5ssg5vmvY4?t=1m14s

Click here for Google Search - "Herb-Wesson FBI Los-Angeles-Times" (Hope you have a lot of time!)

And ALL the REALLY MORE y'all need to know about Mr. Wesson, when he was merely Housing Chair and, "the mayor's best friend." LAHousingDept.com

ALSO FROM TODAY:

L.A. Political GANGSTA Rap: "Jose Huizar - Fucking With You" by his KINGPIN BITCH-SLAPPER, ICON Zuma Dogg - via MoreMusicVids.com

L.A. Superior Court Rules AGAINST Los Angeles Housing Dept on MAJOR Tactic City Uses To Seize Properties (Potential for THOUSANDS of Lawsuits!!!)

It was brought to my attention by the Fair Housing Coalition (FairHousingCoalition.com) that the L.A. City Attorney Office lost a MAJOR, MAJOR case in L.A. Superior Court regarding the Los Angeles Department of Housing (LAHD), which relates to the Building & Saftey Department. (BOTH departments under FBI investigation, among other City Hall departments.)

LAHD told a property owner of a 4-unit residence that it could only be a 2-unit residence; and the building had to be demolished and turned into a 2-unit.

The owner said they could not do that.

In L.A. Superior Court, the Judge said that the LA Housing Department was using and enforcing Building & Safety Department rules, which is a separate department, with ample inspection staff (according to judge) and that was not allowed.

The L.A. City Attorney argued that there has been a long-term understanding (MOU) between LAHD and Building & Safety, that LAHD could enforce B&S rules, to save time and red tape. (FOR ONCE THEY WANT TO BE EFFICIENT, WHEN THE AIM OF THE PROCESS IS TO SEIZE YOUR PROPERTY!)

As you are saying to yourself, the judge also said, "BULLSHIT!" (I'm paraphrasing), and ruled in favor of the Plaintiff (property owner).

The City chose NOT to appeal the decision in appeals court, because, then; it becomes an officially published ruling for ALL to SUE THE HELL OUT OF THE CITY, OVER.

HOWEVER, Zuma H. Parker believes, ANYONE (among the thousands of people who lost their property to the city through this illegal process. since 1999) can now SUE the city, now that legal precedent has been established in L.A. Superior Court.

If you are a property owner who has been damages or lost property to LAHD or B&S, contact FairHousingCoalition, NOW! They can help you take the next step toward municipal justice.



MORE TO COME...

L.A. City News "Weekend Edition": FBI INVESTIGATING L.A. HOUSING DEPARTMENT (Exclusive Details), Analyst Disputes AEG's "Economic Boost" Claims & More

[PICTURED: Kinda like that guy in "Willy Wonka" that zapped himself into the TV set. New techo-era=stuck online, inside a blog, y'all...just the way you like it.]

FIRST OF ALL, I'm glad my time wasn't spent, in vein. Cause whether you feel ZD had, something to do with it, or not...all I know, is after first BLOGGING about it...then BLASTING the details during the L.A. City Council meetings -- TELEVISED FOUR TIMES, EACH MEETING, on L.A. TV 35...and again...MORE public comments, screamin' about the issue of L.A. Housing Department Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP) and their "Systematic Code Enforcement" (ZD dubbed, "SCAM")...over and over and over on TV 35...PLUS, a call to the FBI, and some visits, by ZD related constituents, to HAND DELIVER, THIS ZD BLOG POST;

KEVIN JAMES, confirmed this week on the air, according to his sources (separate from Zuma Dogg saying it)...THE FBI's (ever widening) investigation of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's City Hall...NOW INCLUDES, "RENT ESCROW - SYSTEMATIC CODE ENFORCEMENT."

Here is Kevin James, on the air (8/26/11), "giving credit where credit is due.":



AUDIO: "I've gotta tell you, cause I'm gonna give credit where credit is due, Zuma Dogg, caller to this show, and known in City circles around city hall...someone who regularly calls out corruption on his blog, sent me old blog posts he had written about on (Systematic Code Enforcement/LA Housing Dept.) One of them in 2010 and another one in 2007. And he was asking some interesting questions. And from what I heard, "Systematic Code Enforcement" (part of LADH/Rent Escrow (REAP), IS part of the FBI investigation. Now, when Zuma Dogg was yelling about it, it WAS NOT part of the FBI investigation. But he was asking questions." - Kevin James (870-KRLA/Los Angeles, 8/26/11)

GARCETTI: DAMN, did it cost you a lot...not only for keepin' ZD around as a gadfly to keep trippin' over corruption...but for the day you cut me off, for what I thought was an unjust reason...and you made me EXPLODE FOR A MONTH on this Roberto Aldape/Haka Mortezai/RENT ESCROW CRAP! (How's it all workin' out for you? Wonder what's NEXT? I didn't expect to stumble upon Pension Fraud, or L.A. Housing Department Fraud. But people LOVE jammin' me with this stuff.)

LATimes.com (8/26/11 - 8PM) Analyst casts doubt on economic benefit of downtown L.A. stadium [REALLY? That's IMPOSSIBLE? AEG/Liewikie wouldn't pad/inflate/bamboozle the numbers, would he?]

EXCERPT: The office that advises the California Legislature voiced doubts Friday about the level of economic benefit that would come from an NFL stadium in downtown Los Angeles, saying studies commissioned by the project's developer "likely overstated" the financial boost it would deliver.

Speaking to a state Senate panel reviewing the plan by developer Anschutz Entertainment Group, policy analyst Mark Whitaker warned that football stadiums typically have a minimal effect on a region's economic growth, largely because they become a magnet for household entertainment dollars that were already being spent elsewhere in the area.

In many cases, families that have bought tickets to events at the Home Depot Center in Carson, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and other local venues would probably shift those same dollars to the proposed Farmers Field in downtown Los Angeles, said Whitaker, who works in the Legislative Analyst's Office.

READ MORE...

HERE'S THE POST THAT RE-CAPS the L.A. Housing Department - Rent Escrow (REAP), Systematic Code Enforcement, that Kevin James said the FBI is now investigating, according to his sources. (ZD already heard this, from his separate sources. So looks like you can take it to the bank...I mean, judge.) KRLA 870 Kevin James, Confirmed Zuma Dogg's Claim...FBI=INVESTIGATING L.A. Housing Department on ZD's "RENT ESCROW" PET PEEVE ISSUE! (Now FBI's "Peeve," Too, Garcetti! Good Luck!)

AND HERE IS THE ZUMA DOGG, 2 Minute "Public Comment" on TV 35, that explains it, too. GIVE A LISTEN. ALL U NEED TO KNOW!:




MOST RECENT POSTS:

• TalkShowNet.com - Show #1: Activist Alert: Find Out What Happened in L.A., To Let You Know What's Next For U.S.A. (http://TalkShowNet.com)
• U.S. ALERT!: L.A. City News UPDATE for 8/21/11 - Read About The FUTURE of GLOBAL ECONOMY, TODAY! (Gold is ON THE RISE, in 3P hour, Sunday!)
• U.S. ALERT: Los Angeles, LOST and Taken Over By ILLEGAL STREET ACTIVITY, in EVERY NOOK & CRANNY...SAFE SPACES LOST! LAPD CANNOT ENFORCE!
• President OBAMA: Since You're On "Working Vacation," Watch This FEDERAL MATTER on Venice Boardwalk (Venice Beach, Always Entertaining! Check it out!)

AND, AS ALWAYS...the latest breaking thoughts from the mind of Zuma Dogg, in the Twitter column, in the left hand side of this blog. (Plus, ANY breaking news...like the LA Times article on AEG economic analysis, that I could within 15 minutes of it being posted on LATimes.com, then triggered the rest of this post. Check http://LACityNews.com, all weekend...for continuous updates...while the rest of the media world takes the weekend off, and offers re-runs, and slow news days. (IT'S NEVER A SLOW NEWS DAY! IF IT IS...I'LL GO OUTSIDE, AND MAKE SOME FRICKIN' NEWS! Like, THIS, from today: I had to get involved , again, and tell LAPD what to do. They took the 7X warned fool's sign. http://t.co/HZ2ksZS: )

Check out "A Decade of Zuma Dogg,' on YouTube: http://ZumaDogg.com. (The history of Zuma Dogg. Audio, Video, Press, Links.) TRIUMPHANTNESS!

KRLA 870 Kevin James, Confirmed Zuma Dogg's Claim...FBI=INVESTIGATING L.A. Housing Department on ZD's "RENT ESCROW" PET PEEVE ISSUE! (Now FBI's "Peeve," Too, Garcetti! Good Luck!)

FRIDAY MORNING UPDATE: Here's Kevin James (870-KRLA/Los Angeles) discussing Zuma Dogg's efforts on this and other city issues. THANKS, KEVIN! (See ma, I told you!)



TRANSCRIPT: "I've gotta tell you, cause I'm gonna give credit where credit is due, Zuma Dogg, caller to this show, and known in City circles around city hall...someone who regularly calls out corruption on his blog, sent me old blog posts he had written about on (Systematic Code Enforcement/LA Housing Dept.) One of them in 2010 and another one in 2007. And he was asking some interesting questions. And from what I heard, "Systematic Code Enforcement" (part of LADH/Rent Escrow (REAP), IS part of the FBI investigation. Now, when Zuma Dogg was yelling about it, it WAS NOT part of the FBI investigation. But he was asking questions." - Kevin James (870-KRLA/Los Angeles, 8/26/11) THANKS, KEVIN!!! Also showed up on TV 35, a couple hundred times, and MADE SOME STATEMENTS!

ERIC GARCETTI FOR MAYOR?...NOT so fast!

FBI INVESTIGATION LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT!: KEVIN JAMES on KRLA-870/Los Angeles, last night, confirmed for HIS listeners, what ZUMA DOGG has confirmed for HIS readers...FBI IS INVESTIGATING LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT, OVER THE RENT ESCROW ACCOUNTING PROGRAM (REAP) -- AND IT'S "SYSTEMATIC CODE" ENFORCEMENT. [Kevin James will be discussing this issue, in further detail, including mention of this blog post, on his show, tonight at 12mid on KRLA-870 AM. Listen LIVE online, here @ 12mid.]

Of all the COUNTLESS City Council meetings, I've attended...ONE TIME, Eric Garcetti walked over to Zuma Dogg (instead of ZD walking over to Eric). The special trip over to ZD's side of the rope was to let me know, "Zuma Dogg, you're usually right about things, baby...but on Rent Escrow (REAP), you're just WRONG, baby! REAP is GOOD! Gotta bust those shady landlords, baby!" (When he starts taggin' every sentence with, "Baby!," that's one of his "tells." SO THAT'S HOW I KNEW I WAS ON THE RIGHT TRACK, SO, I PICKED UP THE PHONE AND CALLED THE FBI! LOL! Appears I WAS, right, as usual...and this now officially makes it, "always.")

Anyone that has seen Zuma Dogg on TV 35, during the council meetings, knows, I have LITERALLY, exposed, RELENTLESSLY, the issue of L.A. HOUSING DEPARTMENT, CORRUPTION, regarding this program, and I am here to say, it is based on my efforts that has brought us to this point: L.A. HOUSING, UNDER FBI INVESTIGATION, FOR THE EXACT SPECIFIC ISSUES, ZUMA DOGG EXPOSED!



AND TO ERIC GARCETTI: You told me REAP was NOT shady, and I was wrong: SORRY, BABY! YOU ARE SHADY, SO I AM NEVER WRONG! Hi, Herb Wesson: Having a nice vacation?:

HERE'S ZD'S MEGA RANT, that explains this WHOLE BLOG POST in 2 minutes. It's City Hall's WORST NIGHTMARE, ZD PUBLIC COMMENT, EVER...and now with FBI investigating, I think it's official!



INITIAL POST THAT TRIGGERED IT ALL:

Thursday, May 24, 2007

ALERT: SYSTEMATIC CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM (SCEP) SHOULD BE CALLED "SCAM"

It's called "Systematic Code Enforcement Program" (SCEP), but it should be called "SCAM".

A law in effect in LA regarding systematic inspection of apartment units, even if the property owner doesn't want it.

Under this "systematic inspection" process, the pueblos have been complaining about harassment of owners (and tenants, including the elderly and families with babies).

The Fourth Amendment says you can't go into someone's living quarters without probable cause -- if tenant doesn't want you to. If denied entry, they get an "administrative warrant" (used for meat packing plants and industrial inspections) -- NOT FOR INSPECTING PEOPLE'S HOMES!

Now, tenants have the right to call for a "complaint-based inspection" -- BUT NOT SYSTEMATIC FORCING OF UNREQUESTED (NON COMPLAINT-BASED) INSPECTIONS...ON THE REALEST, DOUGH!

And oh no...once they harass their way into the property, they start tacking on all these demands; until you can't comply; then...YOU LOSE, CARL MILLER...and they take your property and build a pet project, those shady community harassing and land robbing thieves.

contact: zumadogg@gmail.com

[Special Thanks to the GREAT JOSE AGUILAR for his tipping and explanation of this issue, that is being perpetuation amongst the people he represents.]

Posted by Zuma Dogg @ 5/24/2007 08:47:00 AM

CRITICAL BACKGROUND POST:

Zuma Dogg ALERTS City Attorney Carmen Trutanich on Concerns of L.A.City RENT ESCROW CORRUPTION AND RACKETEERING (Potential DEVASTING Lawsuits)

To: Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich
Fr: Zuma Dogg
Re: REAP (Rent Escrow Account Program)
Dt: August 3,2009

Dear Mr. City Attorney,

As a concerned citizen, I wanted to share some of the concerns that have been expressed to me over the past couple years regarding the City of Los Angeles's REAP (Rent Escrow) program.

The reason I am bringing this issue of REAP to your attention at this time, is because I know "protecting the city's treasury" is your primary goal, as it is mine, and as I am thinking, "The city is such a corrupt racket, what is the BIGGEST thing that I fear could cripple the city, and make it wish it was never even founded, due to the general-fund-draining lawsuits that are "out there in the air" waiting to be filed, along with the one I am already aware of?"

IT'S RENT ESCROW, BABY! And it's gonna cost the city a hell of a lot more than the Dowd/Dogg Venice Beach lawsuit.

And I am coming with this item as the person who brought the issues of subprime/foreclosures, recession, $1000 gold, high oil prices in response to FED rate cuts, city would be sued over density bonus law, condo-conversions in violation of city charter, special event fees were shady, the stock market would crash, Alarcon's Children's Museum would go belly up/lose the money/never get paid back, the city's LACERS pension money was overly invested in risky Wall Street and real estate investments, Grand Ave Project would never see the first floor built, the city was going to have to cut services, they wouldn't have enough money to operate and they wouldn't have to balance the budget because checks would just bounce. (I guess I was only partially kidding now that the city has indeed bounced $6 million...AND IT'S ALL COME TRUE...and that only scratches the tip of the iceberg as far as my predictions and warnings toward the goal of preserving the city's treasury.

SO NOW, as I think about the biggest nightmare looming in the city ready to bring it down...my "Deep Thoughts" turn toward REAP.

Here's something that is part of a big project about REAP that someone sent me:

The Los Angeles Housing Department is confiscating the rent money of 1,674 landlords in order to bankrupt small landlords. That way, the major real estate developers who contribute to local elections can buy up these properties at bargain prices. This will bring out the end of affordable housing in Los Angeles and force many low-income people, especially those who don’t contribute to the tax base or collect welfare, to move out of Los Angeles. This is a clever way to get rid of poor people without having the City being seen as "the bad guy".

Nuch, although Eric Garcetti tells me REAP is picture-perfect and only cracks down on those mean slumlords who do everything wrong and never fix stuff. WELL, then GOOD!

But ZD is here to tell you enough people have showed up to city council chambers and complained to Zuma Dogg that it is also a corrupt racket that I think you will be seeing some fire from that "where there is smoke."

DO A SURVEY OF COUNCILMEMBERS UNTIL YOU TALK TO THE ONE WHO SAYS, "ZD IS 100%, ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. IT IS THE BIGGEST NIGHTMARE WAITING TO HAPPEN.

So please talk to Herb Wesson and Eric Garcetti and ask them to knock it off. Delgadilldo ain't the City Attorney anymore and The People are onto the REAP scam.

Give 'em one of those, "aiding and abetting" talks! THEY need it and deserve it.

REAP: The program that keeps harassing mom and pop smaller landlords by continuing to tack on new and innovative violations until they cannot afford to comply anymore, then the city councilmember takes the property and hands it over to their favorite developer to flip it into one of those million dollar condos that are sitting around vacant while more and more people leave town or take to the streets with Zuma Dogg.

But this isn't about compassion...it's about not getting hammered with the biggest slam dunk lawsuit of the biggest amount the city has ever seen.

A'ight Nuchinator. Just wanted to let you know so you can advise your clients. I will be advising them as well on the record. I hope saying, "I believe the City's RENT ESCROW PROGRAM is the biggest lawsuit waiting to happen that will have DEVASTATING economic repercussions that will have Parks going into a Fred Sandford, "This is the big one Elizabeth" routine. [8/25/11: HE DID READ THAT ROUTINE TO COUNCIL IN 2011!]

PULL THE PLUG ON THE SHADY SIDE OF REAP BEFORE I'M RUNNING INTO COUNCIL WAVING THIS BLOG POST IN YOUR FACE SAYING, "SEE...I WARNED YOU SIX MONTHS AGO!!!"

Quote: "If more people knew what went on behind closed doors, before the council ever meets, and understood how their money and interests were being thrown to the wind, I think more people would be at that podium screaming their lungs out." - OurLA.org on Council's fake public comment decorum crackdown on Zuma Dogg. (Grieg Smith, you sound like a whiny little puss. You should stay quiet like you do the rest of the meeting and take a nap as we all know you have been known to do. Go WHINE yourself to sleep during the council meeting, GrIeg.)

Posted by Zuma Dogg - August 3,2009
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HERE'S AN OCTOBER 2010 - FOLLOW UP...MAJOR INSIDE MEMO ROCKER!!!! IT WAS ALL OVER, ONCE ZD STARTED BLASTING THIS ON BLOG AND TV 35. And just in case, some calls may have been made to Wilshire office, as well, JUST to be sure they weren't missing all the action.

THIS MEMO IS SERIOUS STUFF...SERIOUS ENOUGH TO LAUNCH AN FBI INVESTIGATION? I AM TOLD THIS EXACT MEMO, AS POSTED EXCLUSIVELY ON THIS BLOG, IS WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO FBI. SORRY COUNCIL: YOU LOVE KEEPIN' ZD AROUND COUNCIL CHAMBERS AS A GADFLY. And here's what happens. I end up being the only one in the city with THIS, and I POST IT, and it is handed to the FBI. DOH! (That's gonna cost City Hall a lot more than any ZD settlement, now.)

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Los Angeles Housing Department CONFLICT OF INTEREST with RENT ESCROW CONTRACTORS- INSIDER MEMO!

TUESDAY OCTOBER 5, 2010 UPDATE: At today's Los Angeles City Council meeting, a group of concerned constituents, who saw this memo posted on this blog, showed up to further expose the conflict of interest allegations at the L.A. Housing Department regarding the REAP (Rent Escrow) outreach contractors. The matter was address by Council during the July 21, 2010 council meeting. The City Attorney was supposed to have a report ready on the matter. But they announced their homework was not ready (they hadn't started the report). Perhaps, because all resources are allocated toward prosecuting Matt Dowd, at Venice Beach boardwalk, instead of the conflict at the Housing Department that the city will lose many, many, many millions of dollars in upcoming lawsuits.

HERE IS A FULL REPRINT OF THIS MEMO AS ADDRESSED DURING TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING BY A GROUP OF ACTIVISTS.


(It should also be mentioned, that it has been brought to the attention of the L.A. City News staff that there is about $2 million in unaccounted for (LOST/MISSING/DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE) DOLLARS! (And, constituents in Eric Garcetti's district are starting to become squeaky wheels regarding the "Hotel California" aspect of trying to get your money out of RENT ESCROW. (The money check in, but can never leave.) IS THERE A RACKET GOING ON BETWEEN THE OUTREACH CONTRACTORS & TENANTS TO FILE COMPLAINTS AGAINST LANDLORDS IN CD 13 ERIC GARCETTI'S DISTRICT TO KEEP THE MONEY IN THE CITY'S ACCOUNT, AND NOT BEING RETURNED TO IT'S RIGHTFUL OWNERS - (THE PROPERTY OWNERS). Perhaps a Grand Jury investigation will be getting to the bottom of these matters. [8/25/11 UPDATE: HEY, Looks like they are! What a coincidence!]


LETTER FROM (ALLEGEDLY) FRUSTRATED L.A. HOUSING DEPT STAFF ON RENT ESCROW CONFLICT OF INTEREST as addressed by Council, currently awaiting a (delayed) report from the City Attorney's office:

Dear Sir,

We are a group of Housing Department employees who are too intimidated to disclose our identities, yet are troubled enough to address some of the recent conflict of interest allegations pertaining to the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP).

We would like to thank you for speaking up during the July 21st Council meeting and bringing to light the fact that the Housing Department’s REAP contractors are under a cloud of serious conflict of interest allegations (July 21, 2010 Council Session, Item #37).

You were absolutely correct in your observation that some REAP contractors may have abused their roles and turned their LAHD contracts into a revolving business by playing on both sides of the proverbial fence.

As we understand, during the July 21st session the LAHD and the City Attorney’s Office were tasked with investigating the aforementioned conflict of interest allegations and submitting a report to the City Council on their findings.

We would like to inform you, however, that as far as REAP is concerned, there exists an appearance of impropriety within the Housing Department itself. As things stand now, the LAHD is not in a position to conduct a fair and impartial investigation, and it should be precluded from investigating its REAP outreach contractors. It is an open secret that some member(s) of the LAHD executive team have a private and personal interest in this matter that may influence the objective exercise of their official duties. This, at the very least, smacks of blatant conflict of interest.

Specifically, the LAHD Assistant General Manager in charge of overseeing REAP, Roberto H. Aldape, was previously employed by and had a business relationship with one of the outreach contractors in question – the Los Angeles Housing Law Project.

To place the subject matter in a broader context, Roberto H. Aldape was hired by the LAHD in late 2006, having neither led large organizational units nor having worked in the public sector in his prior employment history. His appointment is yet another of a series of questionable and arbitrary actions that over the years the LAHD has become infamous for. Stated another way, the LAHD hired one of its contractors’ representatives (if not the contractor’s principal agent) and placed him in charge of overseeing the same contractor.

Mr. Aldape is a fervent adherent of the kiss-up-kick-down school of management, and his foul mouthed, bullying management style demands not merely obedience but also obeisance. He mercilessly and relentlessly goes after all those who dare to contradict him or question his tactics and management style. As time passed, somehow his interim AGM position was eased into a permanent one. Also noteworthy is the fact that nowadays the LAHD has four AGMs, whereas in the past it had only two or three.

The person directly in charge of REAP, Compliance Division Director Roya Babazadeh, is not about to challenge or express opinions contrary to Mr. Aldape’s. Suffice it to mention that Ms. Babazadeh’s appointment to her current position was not without controversy itself: she was promoted over more qualified and experienced female and minority candidates, and her promotion was in direct violation of class-specific preconditions and requirements.

Assistant General Manager Roberto H. Aldape’s relationship with one of the REAP outreach contractors, the Los Angeles Housing Law Project, is of such opaqueness that it definitely should raise a red flag. In the past decade or so the Los Angeles Housing Law Project has been awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in City contracts, yet one may never find out how many side lawsuits this contractor has initiated from information gained through REAP outreach contacts.

Curiously, in various documents and websites, Mr. Aldape’s law office and the Los Angeles Housing Law Project had been listed under the same address.

For example, in the City of Los Angeles Compliance List For Equal Benefits Ordinance database, the Law Offices of Roberto H. Aldape and the Los Angeles Housing Law Project share the same address: 1125 West 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017 (EXHIBIT 1 and EXHIBIT 2).

In addition, various websites also convey the same information: the Law Offices of Roberto H. Aldape and the Los Angeles Housing Law Project had the same address and conducted their business from the same physical location (EXHIBIT 3 and EXHIBIT 4).

Mr. Aldape’s relationship with the Los Angeles Housing Law Project is a murky one at best and raises numerous ethical questions: What exactly was his relationship with the Los Angeles Housing Law Project that he was allowed to operate his own law practice from the same address?

Were the Law Offices of Roberto H. Aldape and the Los Angeles Housing Law Project actually the same entity and different in name only?

Did the Law Offices of Roberto H. Aldape at one point in time morph into the Los Angeles Housing Law Project, or was it the other way around?

Were these two business names used interchangeably, depending on convenience and expediency?

Did Mr. Aldape conduct a separate law practice while simultaneously working with the Los Angeles Housing Law Project? If so, how many of his private practice cases originated from the Los Angeles Housing Law Project?

Another potential red flag arises from the fact that the name of the Los Angeles Housing Law Project cannot be found in the California Attorney General’s database listing of nonprofit organizations. Interestingly enough, among the five REAP outreach contractors, the Los Angeles Housing Law Project is the only one that is not listed in this database.

All nonprofit groups are under strict registration and annual reporting requirements, and as a nonprofit corporation, the Los Angeles Housing Law Project cannot be exempted from such rules.

It remains to be seen whether this is an omission by the California Attorney General’s Office or the Los Angeles Housing Law Project. If a nonprofit corporation fails to register, the nonprofit is in violation of the California Nonprofit Integrity Act.

A failure to register would also violate the City of Los Angeles contract provisions, where a “good standing with any regulatory agencies” is one of the requirements.

It is unquestionable that, at the very least, Mr. Aldape has had a pivotal business relationship with the Los Angeles Housing Law Project.

The idea that somehow he could be impartial enough to oversee an objective and fair investigation of the Los Angeles Housing Law Project is laughable, if not outright illegal. Should Mr. Aldape nominally recuse himself from this investigation, it would be equally questionable to assume that any of his subordinates would be brave enough to come up with evidence potentially incriminating the Los Angeles Housing Law Project.

Needless to say, those brave and ethical enough to do so would incur Mr. Aldape’s full wrath and fury, while having no place to hide.

After the expiration of the current REAP contracts, a new RFP will go out inviting submission of proposals for outreach services. The Los Angeles Housing Law Project will undoubtedly be one of the bidding contractors. Again, it would strain credulity to assume that anyone inside the LAHD could be in a position to objectively evaluate the proposals and act contrary to Mr. Aldape’s interests.

The Law Offices of Roberto H. Aldape/Los Angeles Housing Law Project arrangement has been a winning one for Roberto H. Aldape. He has managed to parley this curious business deal into a high-paying government job, thus completing the circle fully and gaming the system in its entirety.

The losers in all these, however, have been the taxpayers of Los Angeles and the employees of the LAHD. The former have been kept in the dark and are clueless about the machinations taking place inside LAHD; the latter, while mostly aware of these shenanigans, are too cowed and helpless to do anything about them.

The overwhelming majority of the LAHD employees conduct themselves in an ethical manner day after day, yet over the years this department has been marred by allegations of impropriety and conflict.

And almost without exception, high ranking members of the LAHD have been the source of these transgressions. Time and again, the LAHD has proven that it is not capable of self-policing, and that its internal control mechanisms do not work.

An investigation of the Rent Escrow Account Program is long overdue. The program desperately needs bright sunlight to be shone on its numerous dark corners. We hope the City Council will take the lead on this matter.

[Will try to post the PDF attachment of Exhibits 1-4, documenting how Mr. "Two Hats" has been using both addresses as referenced above. But you can clearly see both addresses being used in the Exhibits.]

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I really try to push hard to do as much as I can to help fix the city and save it money.

L.A. Times: FBI probes L.A. Housing Dept.'s actions in affordable housing project (Repost of 4/9/10 Article...RELEVANT, AGAIN?)

Here's your L.A. City Council & City Hall doing something about the housing and homeless problem! It's an L.A. Times article from 4/10, but am re-posting now, not only to remind you of how the City of Los Angeles handles money and the municipality as a whole -- but since my ears are ringing LOUDER than the day after a Van Halen concert with questions asking, "Did you hear about the FBI investigation into the Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD)?" ZD has been around long enough to know when it's more than silly jibber-jabber. AND, I heard LAHD Asst General Thug is being Mr. Nice Guy to everyone in the department now. (Kinda like, "Hey, don't rat me out to the FBI, I'm a nice guy." TOO LATE, BOB!)

FBI probes L.A. Housing Dept.'s actions in affordable housing project

$26 million was funneled to a development company officer who city officials knew was under criminal investigation for misuse of public funds elsewhere.

April 09, 2010 | By Jessica Garrison

The FBI is investigating an affordable-housing deal in which Los Angeles officials channeled $26 million to a development company officer who they knew was under criminal investigation for alleged misuse of public funds, city officials said Thursday.

The officer, David Rubin, was indicted last fall in New York for alleged bid rigging and fraud, charges unconnected to the L.A. project.

The $26 million went toward construction of a 92-unit apartment building near downtown L.A. for seniors, some of them homeless and disabled. Though ready for occupants, it has sat empty since December while many prospective tenants live in shelters or substandard housing.

The city's Housing Authority, concerned about irregularities in the deal, has refused to release money that would pay the tenants' rent. Without that rental income, the developer, Enhanced Affordable, could be forced into default. In turn, the city could be on the hook for millions of state and federal dollars that it helped arrange for the developer, City Controller Wendy Greuel said in an interview Thursday. She added that the way officials handled the deal "defies comprehension."

But advocates for the homeless are incensed for another reason. They say it is inexcusable that the city is allowing a new building to sit vacant while homeless seniors suffer.

"It's terrible. It's a travesty. These people are sick . . . some of them will die prematurely without housing," said Ruth Schwartz, executive director of Shelter Partnership, which helped find homeless seniors for the project.

She added that she wants the city and the mayor to find "the political will" to work out the red tape and "help move the people in."

The controversial deal was the subject of an audit released Thursday by Greuel's office.

FBI agents have requested notes and documents gathered during the audit, the controller's office said.

An FBI spokeswoman said the agency could not confirm or deny any involvement in the matter.

The city agency involved in the deal is the Housing Department, which oversees compliance with rent control laws and aids construction of privately run, affordable apartments. The Housing Authority, a separate agency, manages federal Section 8 rental vouchers and city-owned housing projects.

The audit found that in 2007 and 2008, Housing Department officials "blatantly disregarded information that . . . one of the partners was under federal investigation."

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Why Did Budget & Finance Committee Approve $416,000 for ADDITIONAL LAHD "OUTSIDE COUNSEL" Over Systematic Code Enforcement Program?

WAY TO GO: As if you don't have enough of a financial mess on your hands Villaraigosa & City Council...you now have Robert Kitson (Tennie Peirce "Dog Food" & McArthur Park "May Day") handling Dowd/Dogg's damages claim for massive civil rights violations.

And, now it appears as though (AN ADDITIONAL!?!) $416,000 will have to be used to for OUTSIDE COUNSEL to defend Los Angeles Housing Department's (LAHD) Systematic Code Enforcement Program (SCEP).

Hakha Mortezie is in charge of Code Enforcement under Roberto Aldape of the LAHD. Do these names sound familiar to readers of this blog? So I wonder what the $416,000 for ADDITIONAL OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL is for? (To see if they are allowed to accept a humanitarian award, maybe?)

PLEASE STOP DOING THINGS THAT END YOU UP ON THE LOSING END OF CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS. There isn't going to be enough money for libraries, police, fire and trash removal, you DUMMIES!

File No. 10-1666
TO THE COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Your BUDGET AND FINANCE Committee

reports as follows:

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to appropriations for outside counsel for the Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD).

Recommendation for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DOUCHEBAG DUMMY MAYOR:

TRANSFER $416,000 from the LAHD Rent/SCEP account to the LAHD Outside Legal Counsel Account.

Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the City Attorney. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

[Zuma Dogg will give you the financial analysis...the $416,000 is only PART of the TOTAL amount for outside counsel to defend this shady LAHD Code Enforcement bullsh*t that I have been warning of, on-the-record, for over three years. Mayoral hopeful Eric Garcetti PERSONALLY told me LAHD's Rent Escrow program was not shady and that it was good. AND the fiscal impact BEYOND the amount to DEFEND this LOSER lawsuit will be the mulit-million dollar amount the city will be paying on this matter, in the end. YES, I am REALLY PISSED...because I woke up every day and warned you HUNDREDS OF TIMES, on-the-record, FOR YEARS!!! Way to go, DUMMIES!]

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section
54956.9(a) and/or (b) to confer with its legal counsel relative to the above matter.)

SUMMARY

At its meeting of November 8, 2010, the Budget and Finance Committee considered the City Attorney’s report relative to a request for additional funding for outside counsel contracts
servicing the LAHD. During Committee consideration, a representative of the City Attorney
requested approval of a transfer of $416,000 from the LAHD Rent/SCEP account to the LAHD
Outside Legal Counsel Account.

After consideration and an opportunity for public comment, the Budget and Finance Committee recommended to approve the City Attorney’s request for a transfer of funds in the amount of $416,000. This matter is now forwarded to the Council for its consideration.

Respectfully submitted,

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE

UN-Respectfully accepted by Zuma Dogg

Also see: http:/fairhousingcoalition.com/ for more on this LAHD issue.

NEW & EXCLUSIVE: Details of allegations surrounding corruption and conflicts at Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) with Roberto Aldape as Asst GM, Herb Wesson as Housing Chair, and Eric Garcetti as Council President

To: Abused Los Angeles Renters & Property Owners (Landlords)
Fr: LA City News
Re: Public Comment Script for Tuesday's L.A. City Council meeting on LAHD/Roberto Aldape
Dt: 10/16/10 - REGARDING Tuesday, 10/19/10 Council Meeting (10 AM start time)


HERE IS A SCRIPT PREPARED FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SHOW UP AT L.A. CITY HALL ON TUESDAY (10/19/10) TO TAKE BACK THE CITY FROM THE CORRUPT L.A. HOUSING DEPARTMENT UNDER ASST. GM, ROBERTO ALDAPE. (See this post for more info on Tuesday's meeting regarding this matter.)

[START]

Good morning, Mayor Villaraigosa and Los Angeles City Council.

I am here today, to follow up on your Council discussion of "conflict of interest" allegations at the L.A. Housing Department as you discussed at the July 21st City meeting, in these chambers. 


READ FULL SCRIPT/POST

NEW VIDEO POST: Los Angeles City Council Discusses CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS @ L.A. Housing Department's Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP) AND, Is $2 Million Missing From The Account? (Insiders say, "YES!")

NEW POST - Sunday, October 10, 2010 @ http://LACityNews.com.

FULL POST HERE - City Council Discusses Los Angeles Housing Department CORRUPTION Allegation, called, "Fairly Serious As Relating To The Conflict," by Councilman Parks

By now, hopefully, you have seen the video of Zuma Dogg delivering public comment on Friday (10/8/10) regarding "Conflict of Interest" allegations relating to the L.A. Housing Department's REAP (Rent Escrow Account Program).

The comment was based on a memo sent to Zuma Dogg by L.A. Housing Dept employees who are frustrated by what is going on in the department. HERE IS THE LINK to the memo detailing L.A. Housing Dept CORRUPTION allegations as "put on the public record" by ZD before Council on Friday

SUMMARY: Allegedly, the Asst GM of L.A. Housing Department is also one of the outreach contractors awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars and is also a private attorney using info gathered as outreach contractor to sue property owners. (One person...three roles and a massive scam, as alleged.)

READ MORE/FULL POST @ http://LACityNews.com (Including embedded video of L.A. City Council discussion of this matter on LIVE TV.)

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