Supervisor’s Aide Placed on Leave Pending Probe
From Staff and Wire Reports
Supervisor Dennis Hansberger has placed his chief of staff on paid administrative leave while an outside attorney reviews whether Jim Foster violated county ethics policies.
Los Angeles attorney Leonard Gumport will examine whether Foster bought less than a half-acre of county land through an intermediary, former Assemblyman Brett Granlund.
Officials are barred from buying county land themselves or through a go-between.
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