Leland Wong Big Time Spender of Kaiser Permanente Patient Money

Leland WongFocus on Kaiser's Leland Wong -
Big Time Spender of Kaiser Permanente Patient Money

In case you ever wondered how Kaiser and the for Profit Permanente got so many big government contracts
and can block so many government investigations this page will give you a great big clue!

Read the articles listed below and see the connections between him, Kaiser money and elected officials
from all over California. Kaiser claims that they never noticed for many years that this man was using large
sums of their money to do all sorts of illegal and/or unethical things in California. Perhaps they have a major
accounting problem or perhaps they are a part of the problem.

I (Vickie Travis) had some personal experience with this man Leland Wong on two different occasions.
Now retired LAPD Homicide Detective John Berdin told me that I had to get Leland Wong's permission
for a police investigation regarding the murder of my father by Kaiser Permanente employee Dennis Kane.

Also, Parker Center told me the same thing and gave me Leland Wong's phone numbers. I telephoned
Leland Wong and asked him point blank and later begged him for permission to have LAPD
conduct a murder investigation. Leland Wong told me that he couldn't because he worked for Kaiser.
What a coincidence that Leland Wong was also a commissioner overseeing retirement for LAPD.

I didn't undertand at the time why these police officers insisted I get a Kaiser employee's permission for LAPD to do their job. Today I do.

BTW - One of the Kaiser executives, Dan Garcia , that took part in investigating Leland Wong and was also on some of the same commissions as Leland Wong in Los Angeles, including President of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners ,

(Mr. Garcia was a partner in the law firm of Munger, Tolles and Olson, and also served as a member of the Los Angeles Planning Commission and President of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners)/ Both should be in hot water up in Oakland for the information recently made public by Justen Deal. See:http://pages.fixkp.org/index.html

Evergreen Marine denies bribing ex-LA Port Commissioner
Deutsche Presse Agentur
Published: Friday August 25, 2006

Wong Wielded Clout in a Low-Key Manner
By Ralph Frammolino, Times Staff Writer

August 24, 2006

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-me-profile24aug24,0,4407142.story?coll=la-headlines-politics
"He also stepped down as director of Kaiser's government and community relations department for Southern California. The reason: An internal investigation revealed he had directed staff members to organize political fundraisers, in apparent violation of laws that prohibit nonprofits from partisan activities.

Until his departure, Wong had kept a firm political grip by combining his skill as a solid political fundraiser with his position at Kaiser, where for 16 years he not only served as a lobbyist but directed the nonprofit's charitable largesse to clinics, boys' clubs and other community organizations that are important in an officeholder's district."

City Hall Insider Accused of Bribery

State of California Rail Authority Board Buy In - This sort of encapsulates all the pots he had his hands in - He is an appointee of State Assembly Speaker Robert M. Hertzberg.

"Wong has been president of pretty much all the juice commissions the city has to offer -- Airports, Harbor and DWP. What the members of these commissions do (at least some of them) is funnel money and gifts to elected officials from the people who want city business. He's so plugged in, it doesn't even matter who is mayor -- Wong gets a commission slot."

Commissioner Leland Wong On DWP's Agenda & Mayor Hahn's LAX Master Plan Alternative
Full Article

[Leland Wong, Vice President of the LA DWP Board of Commissioners, discusses the DWP's most recent renewable energy and security initiatives and Mayor Hahn's LAX modernization proposal.]

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HEADLINE

April 2, 2006

2006-

TRIAL TO START IN PR PROBE

May 8, 2005

2005-

DIRTY MONEY

April 6, 2005

2005-

POSSIBLE SWEETHEART DEAL IS FOCUS OF INVESTIGATION

February 14, 2005

2005-

HAHN: THE INSIDE STORY

February 5, 2005

2005-

CHICK MEMO RIPS MAYOR

December 31, 2004

2004-

LOCAL 2004: SCANDAL HAS MAYOR ON HOT SEAT

December 29, 2004

2004-

N16

EDITORIAL

December 28, 2004

2004-

'FRANKLY, I'M GETTING A LITTLE TIRED'

December 10, 2004

2004-

N28

EDITORIAL

August 4, 2004

2004-

N18

EDITORIAL

Leland and the Ethics Commission in 2001
Aricle removed and blocked from web archive

"Commission review of and action on Statements of Economic Interests for the following appointees from January 20, 2000: Board of Airport Commissioners -- "

Nominees for Commision - noting no potential conflicts (I am not sure who they were trying to kid with this.)

"Hahn would not have been able to find a place for Contreras had Airport Commissioner Leland Wong not gone to the mayor a few months ago saying he wanted to move to another commission. Wong, a Hahn loyalist, was serving his third stint on the commission (he had served under both mayors Riordan and Tom Bradley) and said last week he was "getting a little tired of airport issues"

"According to City Hall lobbyist Richard Lichtenstein, Wong, with his connections to the Asian business community, was "too valuable to remove completely.""