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  • CA: L.A.'s ethical void

    06/25/2006 4:43:54 PM PDT · by calcowgirl · 7 replies · 368+ views
    Los Angeles Daily News ^ | 06/25/2006 | BETH BARRETT
    The City Ethics Commission has violated the law for a decade by failing to notify city agencies of sanctions against dozens of people who money-laundered tens of thousands of dollars to political candidates, the Daily News has learned. The notification failure means leaders of city agencies - who award millions of dollars in contracts - may have been unaware that some bidders who laundered campaign funds should be ineligible for city business under the four-year-ban rule. As investigations of possible City Hall corruption continue, the breach in ethics enforcement rules raises new questions about whether effective measures are in place....