L.A.'s corruption probe involves developers, a councilman -- and his 80-year-old mom
The corruption case against Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar is spangled with influential City Hall figures wealthy real estate developers, well-connected lobbyists and a campaign fundraiser known for raking in cash for politicians.
But investigators have also turned the spotlight on a less likely figure in a pay-to-play scandal: an elderly woman who emigrated from Zacatecas, Mexico, once worked in a meatpacking plant, and has lived in a modest home in Boyle Heights.
Isidra Huizar, the 80-year-old mother of the embattled councilman, is one of the unnamed figures mentioned in the sprawling case, according to three sources familiar with the investigation.
Federal prosecutors have alleged, without mentioning her by name, that Isidra Huizar helped her son launder bribe money that he received between 2014 and 2017. Huizars mother, identified only as Relative A-2, repeatedly received cash from her son, then used the proceeds to pay his expenses, according to a 116-page affidavit filed the week that Huizar was arrested.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-13/mother-brother-pay-to-play-probe-la-city-councilman-jose-huizar