former city officials there are accused of misappropriating taxpayer money and giving themselves huge salaries and pensions. the attorney general jerry brown who is now governor elect brown filed a civil suit to recover some of the money and cut those pensions. but according to the los angeles times, a county superior court judge is now questioning whether the suit filed during brown's campaign for governor was politically motivated. the newspaper reports that brown responded saying he is within his right to pursue a claim on behalf of the people of bell. and in los angeles a judge temporarily blocked a portion of jessica's law which prevents convicted sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of parks and schools where children gather. the judge says the measure is overly restrictive and unconstitutional saying it presents a hardship for parolees in densely populated