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Bell Scandal Sentencing and Corruption Beyond
Today was “the Big One” for the city of Bell, one of California’s poorest cities. Coming up for a sentence on corruption charges, former City Manager, Robert Rizzo, once paid $1.5 million a year, told Judge Kathleen Kennedy he “breached the public’s confidence” by looking more to himself than the community.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readToday was “the Big One” for the city of Bell, one of California’s poorest cities. Coming up for a sentence on corruption charges, former City Manager, Robert Rizzo, once paid $1.5 million a year, told Judge Kathleen Kennedy he “breached the public’s confidence” by looking more to himself than the community.
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Jenny Hamel
KCRW
Kareem Maddox
Three-on-three basketball player in the final stages of qualifying for Olympics; former KCRW intern
Benjamin Gottlieb
Reporter, Fill-in Host
Nestor Valencia
Mayor of Bell, CA
Jeff Gottlieb
Los Angeles Times
Jessica Levinson
Professor, Loyola Law School