Relatives of city officials pay only $200 to $400 rent for city owned property

[Liberal_in_LA]

Relatives of current and former Vernon officials live in city-owned housing and pay very low rents

According to documents reviewed by The Times, the family members pay between $200 and $400 a month for their homes and apartments, well below general market rates for housing in the region.


At least a dozen relatives of current and former top Vernon officials live in housing owned by the city, including four family members of the current city administrator, documents reviewed by The Times show.

The family members pay between $200 and $400 a month for their homes and apartments, according to the records, well below general market rates for housing in the region.

Together, they represent a significant portion of Vernon's total population of about 90.

The city's disclosure of occupancy records comes as the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors next week will consider backing legislation to strictly limit who can live in the tiny industrial city, which has been plagued by corruption scandals in recent years.

Critics have long argued that a small cadre of families and their associates have held power in Vernon for decades by controlling the voting population. All of Vernon's residents live in city-owned homes and apartments, and administrators oversee the rental process. One former resident, a contract-security guard, told The Times in September that his low-rent apartment came with the requirement that he vote for incumbents in the 2006 City Council election.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-vernon-housing-20101112,0,6342087.story

[Angry Dragon]

1. We are going to need many more prisons to house

all the elected scum that is out there

Time to start at the bottom and work our way up
to the federal government.

[alittlelark]

2. No need for new prisons, just let non-violent drug offenders go.

Lots and lots of new beds will open up.