POLITICS AND THE LAW-HMG-CN has exclusively learned that the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) has opened an investigation into embattled Central Basin Municipal Water District (CB) Director Leticia Vasquez (photo) and her illegal CB Board vote to approve waiving the attorney-client privilege in the Qui Tam “Whistleblower” lawsuit against CB.
Vasquez is a “party plaintiff” in the whistleblower case.
In addition, CB sources told HMG-CN that the FPPC and investigators are looking into whether Vasquez actually lived in her district when she ran for the seat in 2012.
A letter from an investigator from the FPPC obtained by HMG-CN asked for several items related to the whistleblower case.
The investigator requested the “Agenda Packet, Agenda and Minutes for the October 9, 2004 meeting concerning the Qui Tam case, bc518653.”
He also requested “the date of the board vote to waive attorney-client privilege regarding the Qui Tam case.”
Two other items that the investigator asked for, seemingly unrelated to the Qui Tam case but items that point to a residency investigation, were “the date Vasquez was elected to the board and the date Vasquez took office.”
Sources inside CB confirmed to HMG-CN that the FPPC asked for documentation signed by Vasquez attesting to her residency in Lynwood. (Read the rest … including details on the investigation … here.)
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CityWatch
Vol 13 Issue 6
Pub: Jan 20, 2015
