Council Refers Brookins Matter to City Attorney
After emerging from a closed session Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council referred allegations of conflict-of-interest involving Bishop H.H. Brookins to the city attorney’s office for further review.
The council had been scheduled to decide whether to sue to recover about $48,000 the city paid for rent in a Southwest Los Angeles office complex owned by Brookins that housed a city-funded poverty program run by the bishop.
“I want this thing out in the open and I want it resolved,” said Councilman Joel Wachs. “I don’t know what the facts are. I don’t think any of us know.”
The council is scheduled to take up the matter at its April 17 meeting.
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