Michael Gualtieri Sign up for local news and alerts; we will not sell your email, who does that? May 1, 2024 By Brian Hews Fireworks erupted yesterday at Central Basin Municipal Water District's (CB) Special Board Meeting, which ended with a defiant President Michael Gualtieri, who is appointed and not elected, stating, "I am…
April 29, 2024 By Brian Hews Los Cerritos Community News has uncovered an email exchange revealing Central Basin Vice President Juan Garza's attempt to thwart Director Leticia Vasquez' urgent request to include a board reorganization agenda item in tomorrow's Central Basin board meeting. Garza tried to justify his reasons for blocking Vasquez' request saying it was…
COMMERCE >> Controversial attorney Arnold Alvarez-Glasman, who was fired more than a year ago as the lawyer for Central Basin Municipal Water District, was rehired Thursday on a 3-1 vote of the board of directors as its interim attorney. Director James Roybal was the lone dissenting vote. Director Leticia Vasquez was absent because she’s attending […]
October 3, 2023 By Brian Hews A Los Cerritos Community News investigation has found that Juan Garza, Executive Director of California Cities for Self-Reliance (CSR), a joint powers authority that advocates for Southern California Cardrooms, is handing out lucrative no-bid CSR contracts without sending out Requests for Proposals and at least one board member was…