Real Estate Developer Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison for Paying $500,000 Cash Bribe to Corrupt L.A. Politician and Official

A real estate developer was sentenced today to 72 months in federal prison for paying a $500,000 cash bribe to then-Los Angeles City Councilman José Huizar and his special assistant in exchange for their help in resolving a labor organization’s appeal of the developer’s downtown Los Angeles development project.