By Randy Economy and Brian Hews [email protected] L os Angeles County Assessor John R. Noguez has been subpoenaed to appear in a Downtown Los Angeles courtroom on April 16 regarding a case involving one of his biggest campaign contributors-Encino businessman Ramin Salari-Los Cerritos Community Newspa- per has learned exclusively. Noguez was served with the subpoena late Thursday at his office located inside the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration in Los Angeles at the behest of San Diego attorney Jason Saccuzzo of the law firm Vi- voli Saccuzzo, LLP. The case revolves around Salari and his Nevada based company, Assessment Appeals, LLC., and a Los Angeles couple Robert and Hersel Neman who contracted with his company in 2010 regarding the reassessment of properties located at the 800 block of Harvard Avenue, as well as the 3400 block of West Eighth Street, both in Los Angeles. Saccuzzo is representing the Nemans. Salari is seeking damages for a “failure to make payment” on a commission for ob- taining an “alleged reduction” of property taxes as allowed under a voter passed imi- tative known as Proposition 8. In a demurrer filed in Los Angeles Su- perior Court on October 18, Saccuzzo ar- gued that since Salari did not possess any kind of advanced degree, such as a CPA li- cense or a Doctorate of Jurisprudence, that he was not qualified to argue cases in front of the Assessor Appeals Board. One day earlier, on October 17, 2011, Salari sent an email to Noguez alerting the By Randy Economy [email protected] T he second of six segments in the mas- sive reconstruction of the I-5 South Corridor Improvement Project kicked off officially on Monday morning with a groundbreaking ceremony that was attended by scores of elected officials with shovels in hand. Flocked by officials from the California Department of Transportation, the Los An- geles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Vil- laraigosa, Supervisor Don Knabe, and many others gathered to commence the beginning of a $110 million project that they claim will “significantly improve congestion and en- hance safety on a heavily traveled corridor.” “Caltrans is making a solid investment in this region’s transportation system that will reduce traffic congestion on this corridor and provide jobs,” said Caltrans Acting Director Malcolm Dougherty. The I-5 Widening/Alondra Boulevard Bridge Project, the second of six segments in construction as part of the I-5 South Corridor Improvement Projects, will add one carpool lane and one general purpose lane in each direction from North Fork Coyote Creek to Marquardt Avenue, a distance of nearly one mile. The project also includes reconstruct- ing two bridges at Alondra Boulevard and North Fork Coyote Creek to accommodate a wider freeway, redesigning ramp structures, and realigning Firestone Boulevard and Freeway Drive frontage roads. Caltrans federal, regional and local trans- portation partners for the I-5 South Corri- dor Projects include Metro and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), with the support of the I-5 Consortium Cities Joint Powers Authority and the Gateway Cities Council of Governments. The I-5 Alondra Boulevard Bridge seg- ment is funded by federal, state, and local financing, including $72.2 million from Proposition 1B (Prop 1B) California’s 2006 transportation bond; $27.2 million from state transportation funds; $9.1 million from Metro’s Proposition C and Measure R; and $830,000 from the FHWA. "California voters approved Prop 1B to reduce traffic congestion and improve mo- bility,” said Metro Board Chair Villaraigo- sa. “We fought to ensure that Los Angeles County received its fair share of funds based on population and traffic delays.” At the event, Caltrans District 7 Direc- tor Mike Miles and Metrolink Board Chair Richard Katz announced collaboration be- tween the agencies to provide traffic impact mitigation during the estimated five-year construction period for I-5 South Corridor Improvement Projects. “Our goal is to encourage and promote lasting commuter transportation mode shifts,” said Miles. Last fall, Caltrans began the first of six I-5 corridor improvement projects totaling $1.6 billion from the Los Angeles/Orange County line to the San Gabriel River Free- way (Interstate 605). On average, more than 220,000 vehicles travel this section of the I-5 South Corridor daily. The $380 million Carmenita Road In- terchange Project includes widening for carpool and general purpose lanes within a one-mile segment from Alondra Boulevard to Shoemaker Avenue, a new 10-lane Car- menita Bridge concrete structure, plus ramp and frontage road improvements. “Upon completion of all six segments, motorists will benefit with more freeway ca- pacity, decreased congestion and travel times and better access to regional and commuter transit lines and carpool lanes,” said Art Le- ahy, Metro Chief Executive Officer. Los Cerritos Community News Investigation Results in Assessor Noguez Subpoena Ground Broken on Next Phase of I-5 Freeway at Alondra Blvd. Bridge (562)531-2550 • www.LakewoodRegional.com Need to See a doctor tOday? For More Information Call (866) 797-3279 or go to www. askfor adoctor.com Monday - Friday Our family of physicians are available to care for you and your familytOday. Call now for a same day or next day appointment with a physician in your area. Your Health...Your Hospital Rick Land, Acting Chief Deputy Director, Caltrans; Rick Backlund, Associate Division Administra- tor, Federal Highway Administration; Richard Katz, Board Chair, Southern California Regional Railroad Authority, Metrolink; Diane DuBois, 2nd VP, Board of Directors, Metro & Vice Mayor, City of Lakewood; Antonio Villaraigosa, Board Chair, Metro & Mayor, City of Los Angeles; Don Knabe, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, District 4; Michael Mendez, Chair, I-5 Consor- tium Cities Joint Powers Authority, & Mayor, City of Norwalk; Mike Miles, District 7 Director, Caltarns (LA and Ventura Counties); Steve De Ruse, Councilmember, City of La Mirada; Richard Moore, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Santa Fe Springs; Gene Daniels, 1st VP, Gateway Cities Council of Governments, & Vice Mayor, City of Paramount. Serving Cerritos, Artesia, Hawaiian Gardens, Norwalk, Lakewood, Pico Rivera, La Mirada, and La Palma • 45,000 HOMES EVERY FRIDAY • MARCH 23, 2012 • Volume 26, No. 9 • LosCerritosNews.net HEWS MEDIA GROUP COMMUNITY NEWS COMMUNITY NEWS [See NOGUEZ SUBPOENA page 12] HAWAIIAN GARDENS UNION PRESIDENT ARRESTED ON MOLESTATION CHARGES By Randy Economy F red Licon, the president of the Hawai- ian Garden Employees Union, AFSC- ME Local 3426, was arrested Tuesday morning on child molestation charges, Los Cerritos Community Newspaper has learned. Licon, 45, was arrested by the Major Crimes Unit at 8:00 a.m. on March 20 by members of the Los Angeles County Sher- iff’s Fugitive Unit and was taken into custo- dy. He was booked at 10:52 a.m. and released Wednesday after posting a $250,000 bond. Licon is due in Bellflower Superior Court on April 20th for formal arraignment, accord- ing to arrest records from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Licon's Attorney Jeff Kent, said that the alleged victim is the daughter of his daugh- ter’s boyfriend and confirmed that she is four years of age. “Mr. Licon is anxious to prove his inno- cence as to this allegation, and is horrified to even be suspected of such a hideous crime,” Kent told LCCN Thursday afternoon. Licon is an Artesia High School graduate and works as a code enforcement officer. Hawaiian Gardens spokesman Juan Garza from the consulting firm of Englander, Knabe and Allen said that “the City is aware that one of its employees has been arrested for alleged crimes which took place off-duty.” “The City is assessing the situation and will take appropriate administrative action. However, the City is not at liberty to publicly discuss personnel matters or information re- lating to an active criminal investigation,” the statement said.
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By Randy Economy and Brian Hews
Los Angeles County Assessor John R. Noguez has been subpoenaed to appear in a Downtown Los Angeles
courtroom on April 16 regarding a case involving one of his biggest campaign contributors-Encino businessman Ramin Salari-Los Cerritos Community Newspa-
per has learned exclusively.Noguez was served with the subpoena
late Thursday at his office located inside the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration in Los Angeles at the behest of San Diego attorney Jason Saccuzzo of the law firm Vi-voli Saccuzzo, LLP.
The case revolves around Salari and his Nevada based company, Assessment Appeals, LLC., and a Los Angeles couple Robert and Hersel Neman who contracted
with his company in 2010 regarding the reassessment of properties located at the 800 block of Harvard Avenue, as well as the 3400 block of West Eighth Street, both in Los Angeles. Saccuzzo is representing the Nemans.
Salari is seeking damages for a “failure to make payment” on a commission for ob-taining an “alleged reduction” of property taxes as allowed under a voter passed imi-tative known as Proposition 8.
In a demurrer filed in Los Angeles Su-perior Court on October 18, Saccuzzo ar-gued that since Salari did not possess any kind of advanced degree, such as a CPA li-cense or a Doctorate of Jurisprudence, that he was not qualified to argue cases in front of the Assessor Appeals Board.
One day earlier, on October 17, 2011, Salari sent an email to Noguez alerting the
By Randy Economy
The second of six segments in the mas-sive reconstruction of the I-5 South Corridor Improvement Project kicked
off officially on Monday morning with a groundbreaking ceremony that was attended by scores of elected officials with shovels in hand.
Flocked by officials from the California Department of Transportation, the Los An-geles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Vil-laraigosa, Supervisor Don Knabe, and many others gathered to commence the beginning of a $110 million project that they claim will “significantly improve congestion and en-hance safety on a heavily traveled corridor.”
“Caltrans is making a solid investment in this region’s transportation system that will reduce traffic congestion on this corridor and provide jobs,” said Caltrans Acting Director Malcolm Dougherty.
The I-5 Widening/Alondra Boulevard Bridge Project, the second of six segments in construction as part of the I-5 South Corridor Improvement Projects, will add one carpool lane and one general purpose lane in each direction from North Fork Coyote Creek to Marquardt Avenue, a distance of nearly one mile. The project also includes reconstruct-ing two bridges at Alondra Boulevard and North Fork Coyote Creek to accommodate a wider freeway, redesigning ramp structures, and realigning Firestone Boulevard and Freeway Drive frontage roads.
Caltrans federal, regional and local trans-portation partners for the I-5 South Corri-dor Projects include Metro and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), with the support of the I-5 Consortium Cities Joint Powers Authority and the Gateway Cities Council of Governments.
The I-5 Alondra Boulevard Bridge seg-ment is funded by federal, state, and local
financing, including $72.2 million from Proposition 1B (Prop 1B) California’s 2006 transportation bond; $27.2 million from state transportation funds; $9.1 million from Metro’s Proposition C and Measure R; and $830,000 from the FHWA.
"California voters approved Prop 1B to reduce traffic congestion and improve mo-bility,” said Metro Board Chair Villaraigo-sa. “We fought to ensure that Los Angeles County received its fair share of funds based on population and traffic delays.”
At the event, Caltrans District 7 Direc-tor Mike Miles and Metrolink Board Chair Richard Katz announced collaboration be-tween the agencies to provide traffic impact mitigation during the estimated five-year construction period for I-5 South Corridor Improvement Projects.
“Our goal is to encourage and promote lasting commuter transportation mode
shifts,” said Miles.Last fall, Caltrans began the first of six
I-5 corridor improvement projects totaling $1.6 billion from the Los Angeles/Orange County line to the San Gabriel River Free-way (Interstate 605). On average, more than 220,000 vehicles travel this section of the I-5 South Corridor daily.
The $380 million Carmenita Road In-terchange Project includes widening for carpool and general purpose lanes within a one-mile segment from Alondra Boulevard to Shoemaker Avenue, a new 10-lane Car-menita Bridge concrete structure, plus ramp and frontage road improvements.
“Upon completion of all six segments, motorists will benefit with more freeway ca-pacity, decreased congestion and travel times and better access to regional and commuter transit lines and carpool lanes,” said Art Le-ahy, Metro Chief Executive Officer.
Los Cerritos Community News Investigation Results in Assessor Noguez Subpoena
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Rick Land, Acting Chief Deputy Director, Caltrans; Rick Backlund, Associate Division Administra-tor, Federal Highway Administration; Richard Katz, Board Chair, Southern California Regional Railroad Authority, Metrolink; Diane DuBois, 2nd VP, Board of Directors, Metro & Vice Mayor, City of Lakewood; Antonio Villaraigosa, Board Chair, Metro & Mayor, City of Los Angeles; Don Knabe, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, District 4; Michael Mendez, Chair, I-5 Consor-tium Cities Joint Powers Authority, & Mayor, City of Norwalk; Mike Miles, District 7 Director, Caltarns (LA and Ventura Counties); Steve De Ruse, Councilmember, City of La Mirada; Richard Moore, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Santa Fe Springs; Gene Daniels, 1st VP, Gateway Cities Council of Governments, & Vice Mayor, City of Paramount.
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HAWAIIAN GARDENS UNION PRESIDENT ARRESTED ON MOLESTATION CHARGESBy Randy Economy
Fred Licon, the president of the Hawai-ian Garden Employees Union, AFSC-ME Local 3426, was arrested Tuesday
morning on child molestation charges, Los Cerritos Community Newspaper has learned.
Licon, 45, was arrested by the Major Crimes Unit at 8:00 a.m. on March 20 by members of the Los Angeles County Sher-iff’s Fugitive Unit and was taken into custo-dy. He was booked at 10:52 a.m. and released Wednesday after posting a $250,000 bond.
Licon is due in Bellflower Superior Court on April 20th for formal arraignment, accord-ing to arrest records from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Licon's Attorney Jeff Kent, said that the alleged victim is the daughter of his daugh-ter’s boyfriend and confirmed that she is four years of age.
“Mr. Licon is anxious to prove his inno-cence as to this allegation, and is horrified to even be suspected of such a hideous crime,” Kent told LCCN Thursday afternoon.
Licon is an Artesia High School graduate and works as a code enforcement officer.
Hawaiian Gardens spokesman Juan Garza from the consulting firm of Englander, Knabe and Allen said that “the City is aware that one of its employees has been arrested for alleged crimes which took place off-duty.”
“The City is assessing the situation and will take appropriate administrative action. However, the City is not at liberty to publicly discuss personnel matters or information re-lating to an active criminal investigation,” the statement said.
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