Garcia in the lead....
I went over to Baldwin Park today to review some public records requests I submitted a few weeks back.
Among them were attorney’s fees over the last two years. Looking at monthly totals dating back to 2007, it’s pretty clear that Rosemead’s attorney Bonafacio Garcia, of Garcia, Calderon and Ruiz, is still in the lead for city attorney bills.
Baldwin Park legal fees, for example, were about $17,000 in November, $17,000 in October and $12,000 in December.
That’s nowhere near some of Garcia’s all-time highs for the year in Rosemead — like that $52,677 bill for work done last May.
Just to give you an idea of how cost breaks down in BP, here are some of the line items from the invoices:
*$1,137.50/ 6.5 hours/ Review election results, phone conference, research zoning ordinance, attend City Council and CDC meetings/ Nov. 7
*$350/ 2 hours/ Visit with Caltrans/ Dec. 11
By the way, at the time of the above bills, Stephanie Scher was the City Attorney. She retired last December. Joseph Pannone from Aleshire & Wynder, LLP is the new city attorney.
I’ll eventually be looking into his bills as well...