A follow up article on the City of Industry’s corruption scandal on the Tres Hermanos solar plans with accusations of fraud, misuse of public funds, and unauthorized payments. View the San Gabriel Valley Tribune article.
An interesting article about the Tres Hermanos solar plans, all the ties back to the City of Industry, and the corruption scandal. View the San Gabriel Valley Tribune article.
The LA County District Attorney raided homes and businesses related to the failed solar farm planned for the Tres Hermanos land owned by the City of Industry. Generic invoices and $20 million of payouts to contractors, with little to no work to show for it, lead to the investigation. Former State Senator Frank Hills, businessman William Barkett and Industry’s former city manager, Paul Philips, were among those whose possessions were searched and/or confiscated. View the San Gabriel Valley Tribune article.
Last Friday, the City of Industry City Council voted to subpoena the solar factory developer (San Gabriel Valley Water and Power LLC) to provide records on how Industry’s $20 million loan was spent. So far, the City only has photos and maps, but nothing else. Apparently, the loan was contingent on actual groundbreaking, so Industry may lose every cent if the project doesn’t move forward. Meanwhile, the Cities of Chino Hills and Diamond Bar press forward with litigation on the … Read More
Southern California Edison was in on the deal with the City of Industry to build the solar factory on Upper Tonner Canyon. But it appears things are unraveling. Records in the City of Diamond Bar and Chino Hills’ lawsuits are still pending from Industry…. including the documents related to Edison’s role in the deal. The plot thickens. Read the article in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
The Cities of Chino Hills and Diamond Bar met last week to see if more of the mystery around the City of Industry’s proposed solar factory on Tres Hermanos (Upper Tonner Canyon) could be determined. Between the two cities there are four lawsuits filed to stop the project from moving forward. Numerous high ranking officials in the City of Industry have been recently fired. Check out the Chino Champion article.
Lawsuits filed by the Cities of Chino Hills and Diamond Bar have the City of Industry focused on record requests and not the advancement of the solar factory itself. The factory was planned for the Tres Hermanos property (Upper Tonner Canyon) and bills submitted by the leasee have been unpaid because the City Council has yet to increase the cap beyond the original $20M. View the San Gabriel Valley Tribune article.