How a group of Chinese developers found their way to City Councilman José Huizar, made over L.A.'s downtown, and caused the city's biggest corruption scandal in decades.
Illustration by Aaron Sacco
It all began in February 2013, at a dinner in Los Angeles organized by Raymond Chan, an official in charge of the city’s building and safety inspection agency. Attending that evening was City Councilman José Huizar, who at age 44 was a rising star in the Democratic Party, and perhaps the future mayor of Los Angeles. A graduate of Berkeley and Princeton, Huizar had championed the redevelopment of downtown Los Angeles, and he chaired the city’s powerful PLUM committee, which gave him oversigh
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