LA City Councilman Richard Alarcon's two houses raided by District Attorney. Where the heck does Richard "really" live?

January 14, 2010

11:06 am
By Randy Economy
www.Economy4ABC.Blogspot.com

So where in the heck does Los Angeles City Councilman Richard Alarcon "really live?"

Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley and his Public Integrity Unit want to find out if the longtime San Fernando Valley politician is playing an illegal game of "hide and seek."

The Los Angeles County District Attorney has opened an investigation to determine whether Alarcon illegally claimed a Panorama City house as his residence.

On Tuesday, felony search warrants where served at a house on Nordhoff Street where Alarcon is registered to vote it was revealed today. The house is owned by Alarcon’s wife, Flora Montes de Oca, and is in his 7th Council District.

Another warrant was served at a second house owned by the councilman’s wife in the nearby neighborhood of Sun Valley. That house is in the 2nd Council District represented by newly elected Councilman Paul Krekorian. 

David Demerjian, head deputy of the integrity division, said his office had received a complaint that Alarcon was living in a residence outside of his district.

Remember folks, a politician who registers to vote in one place, and who actually lives somewhere else can go to jail.

Tonight Demerjian and his boyz and galz in his Political Corruption Unit are hot on this case. The warrants, which typically explain why investigators believe a search is justified, are under seal.

In the summer of 2007,  after Alarcon was elected that spring, he asked then-2nd District Councilwoman Wendy Greuel to support an attempt to redraw boundaries so his wife’s Sun Valley home would be moved into his 7th Council District. Greuel refused.

LA County officials said Montes de Oca is also registered to vote at the Panorama City house. Alarcon had told The Times that Montes de Oca -- then his fiancee -- had been interested in developing town homes on the Nordhoff property that he had claimed as his residence. At the time, the councilman had introduced a ameasure to reclassify the street, a move that would have spared Montes de Oca from having to forfeit 2,840 square feet of her lot to the city. Alarcon withdrew the proposal when the sorted details were revealed in the media.

So, stay tuned.  

Let's see where this case ends up, or is this just another "raid a politicians house, grab a headline, and then do nothing" situation. Hey, that reminds me.  What ever happened to that big raid that was conducted on former Pico Rivera Mayor Ron Beilke last summer? Is this justice served?

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