The AG took over the probe from the Sheriff’s public corruption unit amidst criticism of then-Sheriff Alex Villanueva
Sheila Kuehl, who had just retired from Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, gets a standing ovation during LA County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath’s swearing in ceremony on Monday, December 5, 2022 at Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration in Los Angeles. After a nearly two-year investigation, the state Attorney General’s Office announced on Wednesday. Aug.
Prosecutors also declined to file any charges against Patti Giggans, director of the nonprofit Peace Over Violence. The investigation was centered on allegations that Kuehl, a longtime close friend of Giggans, helped steer a series of no-bid Metro contracts to Peace Over Violence while Kuehl served on the Metro Board.
According to the state Attorney General’s Office, the investigation also found insufficient evidence to file any charges over allegations that Kuehl and Giggans were both tipped off about planned sheriff’s department raids of their homes and offices on Sept. 14, 2022. Sheriff’s investigators also served search warrants that day at the offices of Metro and the Metro Office of Inspector General.Update: LA County grows its ‘Breathe’ income guarantees to include 2,000 foster dependents
The Attorney General’s Office took over the investigation in September 2022 from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Public Corruption Unit. Some critics at the time had assailed the unit as targeting political opponents of then-Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who strongly denied the allegation.
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