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BUSINESS PRACTICES THAT SHOW HOW KAISER AND THE FOR PROFIT PERMANENTE STAY IN BUSINESS INDEX ARTICLES OF INTEREST ABOUT LELAND WONG KAISER EMPLOYEE AND CALIFORNIA POLITICAL PLANT TO INFLUENCE LEGISLATORS AND PUBLIC POLICY Leland Wong's involvement in the Adam Wesley Arnold Case
Commissioner overseeing Los Angeles Police Retirementalong with Daniel P. Garcia - another fast tracked Kaiser political employee. Dan Garcia jumped from City of L.A. to VP of Kaiser.
June 01, 2007 Another case filed against Wong
June 1, 2007 Kaiser employee and power broker for L.A. mayor and airport commissioner
December 19, 2006 - Wong Accused Of Accepting Bribe
October 4, 2006 LA corruption case includes allegation of sex favors
Evergreen Marine denies bribing ex-LA Port Commissioner
Wong Wielded Clout in a Low-Key Manner
City Hall Insider Accused of Bribery
Key Hahn Figure Pleads Not Guilty
Department of Water and Power Commissioner and former Airport Commissioner Leland Wong resigned
Daniel P. Garcia's rapid rise to VP of Kaiser Permanente
Consultant to Port Emerges As Key Figure In City Probe
LACEAAA’s honoree and guest
speaker
was DWP’s
Commissioner, Mr. Leland
Wong
[subsequently, Mr. Wong has been
re-appointed
to the Airport Commission].
Mr. Wong
spoke to guests on the
importance
of Asian-Pacific Islanders
pressing for
more promotional opportunities
in the Civil
Service sector. Mr. Wong
emphasized
the importance of this pursuit
and how we
as a collective group need to
make our
elected representatives more
accountable
to the API workforce.
"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."
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
Ex-airport commissioner accused of conflict Prosecutors say ex-Hahn associate Leland Wong voted on a concessions contract at LAX in which he allegedly had a financial stake. By Ted Rohrlich, Times Staff Writer June 1, 2007 Leland Wong, a power broker in former Mayor James K. Hahn's administration who already is facing bribery charges, was accused Thursday of a felony conflict of interest for voting on a retail concessions contract at Los Angeles International Airport in which he allegedly had a financial stake. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-wong1jun01,1,5143939.story?coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=1&cset=true
LOS ANGELES - Indicted former airport commissioner Leland Wong bought sex massages for a top aide to former Mayor James Hahn in an effort to secure a city contract for a client, newly released court documents allege. Wong, who was allegedly receiving bribes from a company seeking a new port contract, paid for the 90-minute, $130 massages to influence then-Deputy Mayor Troy Edwards, prosecutors said in documents unsealed Tuesday. mirrored at: https://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/politicians/lwmassages.html
Evergreen Marine denies bribing ex-LA Port Commissioner Deutsche Presse Agentur Published: Friday August 25, 2006
"We paid Leland Wong 5,000 US dollars per month from 2002-2004 as a consultancy fee, so he he could help us obtain more space for containers at the LA Port," the statement said.http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Evergreen_Marine_denies_bribing_ex__08252006.htmlmirrored for historical purposes at: https://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/politicians//rawstory.htmlUntil 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 By Ted Rohrlich, Times Staff Writer August 24, 2006 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-wong24aug24,0,2247719.story?coll=la-home-headlines"Wong, who grew up in L.A.'s Chinatown and maintains a home in San Marino, owed his rise in civic life to his willingness to raise money for politicians and his longtime day job as Kaiser Permanente's director of government and community relations. The position gave him sway over $4 million a year in Kaiser grants to Southern California charities, labor unions and community groups.
It was "the best base" a local political operator could wish for, said a veteran commissioner, who did not want to be named so as not to alienate colleagues. "If Councilman A said, 'I need a new play set in my park', Kaiser bought a new play set. If Councilman B really believed in muscular dystrophy, Kaiser would contribute to muscular dystrophy."
His position also gave him the chance to hand politicians treats such as tickets to Lakers games and other events at Staples Center, paid for by the HMO giant."
https://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/politicians/steinplay.html
Consultant to Port Emerges As Key Figure In City Probe
https://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/politicians/cityprobe.html
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.
https://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/politicians/railroad.html
Leland Wong for the CA RR Authority
http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/meetings/pdf/2001/03/minutes_0301.pdf
Leland Wong Resigns from LA Observed
https://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/politicians/laobserved.html
"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.]
https://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/politicians/laxwong.html
City Hall Insider Quits Post, Kaiser Job Leland Wong, a noted fundraiser and longtime commissioner, acts in wake of probe by HMO. By Ted Rohrlich and Ralph Frammolino Times Staff Writershttps://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/politicians/lelandwong.html
He made it to the Air Port commission as well and he did so well he got reappointed
Another gala to hob nob with City Administrators where he got a Honorary Banquet Chair
The following from the News Library search at: http://nl.newsbank.com
Leland Wong today was elected vice president of the Board of Water and Power Commissioners
From The LA Chinese Chamber where he is a Director
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.)
at:https://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/politicians/pdfs/1cecreview.pdf
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m5072/12_25/99696564/p1/article.jhtml
"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.""
Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs and Leland Wong
https://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/politicians/patbrown.html
Chick Is a Portrait in Sharp Contrasts
https://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/politicians/sharpportrait.html