The charges leveled by fired LA County Planning chief Bruce McClendon a year ago got credence from a just completed outside consultant’s audit of alleged improper influence in decisions on development by Supervisors and their staffs.
It’s how politics works in the insiders’ game of public policy in both the city and county.
Yet, the report largely whitewashes what went in, citing the fact county employees were not under oath, feared for the loss of their jobs and McClendon didn’t record private conversations.
Those reasons for the failure of the report to come to a clear conclusion ought to justify a Grand Jury investigation — which is what should have happened from the beginning.
Here’s the link to the Times report and you can read the report yourself at OurLA.org.’