Ex-Building Commission Chief Sentenced in Prostitution Case
Resigned Los Angeles Building and Safety Commission President Scott Z. Adler pleaded no contest Friday to charges that he engaged in an act of prostitution with a San Fernando Valley masseuse. He was ordered to do 200 hours of community service and contribute $3,000 to a nonprofit organization, Children of the Night.
Adler, 40, a lawyer, lobbyist and land developer who lives in Marina del Rey, was also placed on two years’ probation and required to take an AIDS test, attend an AIDS class and pay $100 to the state restitution fund.
The charge against Adler grew out of a sting operation by Los Angeles Police Department vice operations targeting a massage operation that allegedly fronted for a prostitution ring in a Van Nuys apartment building.
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