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    D.A. charges Los Angeles-area developer

    by David Zahniser and Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times Feb 24, 2018 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES_The developer of a controversial $72-million apartment project was charged Friday with making illegal campaign contributions to local politicians while seeking a change to the zoning of his property in L.A.'s Harbor Gateway neighborhood.

    Prosecutors with L.A. County District Attorney Jackie Lacey's office charged Samuel Leung, developer of the 352-unit Sea Breeze project, with one felony count of conspiracy to commit campaign money laundering and one felony count of offering to bribe a legislator. Leung made "tens of thousands of dollars" in illegal donations, the office announced.

    Deputy District Attorney Eugene Hanrahan declined to name the target of the alleged

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