Yvonne B. Burke Watch: Los Angeles County Supervisor Lives in Brentwood – Out of Her District?

Gov. Romer, County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite-Burke and LAUSD President Marlene Canter.

Does Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite-Burke live outside her Supervisoral District in Brentwood. This is an interesting assertion by the Los Angeles Times in this piece posted online last night.

Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke, who was elected to represent some of the county’s poorest neighborhoods, is living in a gated Brentwood home, despite laws requiring her to reside in the predominantly South Los Angeles district she serves.

In an interview with The Times two weeks ago, Burke said it was only on weekends and special occasions that she used her Brentwood home â€” a 4,000-square-foot residence with a swimming pool and tennis court that she and her husband have long owned. She said she lived at a 1,200-square-foot townhouse in Mar Vista, on a busy street just inside the border of her district.

An interesting piece from a declining newspaper who was late to the Villaraigosa-Salinas scandal. Flap questions the motivation of following a 74 year old Los Angeles County Supervisor who has already stated that she does not plan to run for re-election next year.

Does it serve the public’s right to know to stalk the Supervisor?

Here is the video:

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=nZRJCs34g0k[/youtube]

The Supervisor was reported on KTTV Channel 11 this morning as saying that there has been construction at her “in district” residence and that beginning next week she will be living there full time.

Now, will this appease the Times and the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office?

Probably, because it is doubtful that Jerry Brown, the California Attorney General, will EVER approve prosecuting a case against Supervisor Burke.

The real question is why the Los Angeles Times decided at this time to get UNNECESSARILY nasty with the Supervisor?

Could it be the pressure of the blogs and their declining circulation?

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