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Monday, October 11, 2010, 6:00 am
Editor, WatchOurCity.com
District Attorney opens "Preliminary Investigation" into
John Noguez, allegedly failed to legally change his name
from "Juan Rodriguez" to "John Noguez"

Huntington Park, CA - On September 10, County Supervisor Michael Antonovich forwarded a
complaint on his official letterhead to the District Attorney's office "concerning the
allegations against Mr. John R. Noguez", "for his review and appropriate action".

The letter is in response to a complaint that John R. Noguez is really Juan Rodriguez.

John Noguez is the mayor of Huntington Park, a city adjacent to Bell, and is in a runoff race
against Mr. John Wong for the L.A. County Assessor's office this November 2.

On September 24, 2010, Jennifer Lentz Snyder, Assistant Head Deputy of the D.A.'s Public
Integrity Division, responded to Antonovich's letter stating the following:











The complaint stems from an investigative report by Jeffrey Anderson published by the L.A.
Weekly on February 7, 2007 (see report here "Name Game in Huntington Park - Records
show that rising star mayor John Noguez is really Juan Rodriguez").

Jeffrey Anderson notes:
RELATED:
Tuesday July 13, 2010
Update Wednesday July 14,
2010
The Editor,
WatchOurCity.com
Depriving the Public of
Honest Services: Bell,
Maywood, Huntington
Park, LAUSD
Fiduciary fail by Maywood, Bell,
Huntington Park officials.
Tuesday July 13, 2010
The Editor,
WatchOurCity.com
Huntington Park in $1.2
Million Fiscal Deficit Partly
Caused by City of Bell's
George Cole
Mayor Noguez gave George Cole
millions
Monday, October 4, 2010 6:00 am
WatchOurCity.com
Mayor Noguez in bed with
George Cole: Awards  
Multi-Million Dollar Housing
Redevelopment contract to
Cole, Recently Arrested by
the D.A. & sued by the AG
Huntington Park's
Redevelopment Agency awards
$3.8 million for Fiscal Year
2009-2010 to Cole's Oldtimers.
Monday, September 27, 2010 6:00 am
WatchOurCity.com
Mayor Noguez  
Implicated in Bell
Scandal with Cole
Noguez directed multi-million
dollar contracts to George Cole's
Oldtimers Foundation, shared
convicted felon as campaign
managers with George Cole.
Monday, September 27, 2010,
WatchOurCity.com
Huntington Park's Mayor
John Noguez Shakes down
Charter School for
campaign Contribution in
Exchange for Project
Approval
Mayor John Noguez and City
Attorney Leal called meeting
with Charter school. Noguez is
running for L.A. County Assessor.
September 24, 2010,
WatchOurCity.com
Huntington Park Attorney
Francisco Leal making
$630,000, more than twice
city of L.A.'s Attorney
Mayor John Noguez authorized
payments to Leal, and is good
friend to Bell's George Cole.
Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, 6:00 am,
WatchOurCity.com
Supervisor Antonovich
sends formal request to
D.A. to investigate John
Noguez
Antonovich "referred" letter to
the D.A.s' office "for his review
and appropriate action".
Complaint seeks to investigate
Huntington Park mayor John
Noguez based on allegations
that his legal name is John
Rodriguez. Noguez is in a
November runoff race against
John Wong for Assessor.
Cole at Bail hearing, was
released on Thursday,
9-23-10.





(Courtesy L.A. Times)
George  Cole
Former Bell Councilman,
the Don of Southeast cities
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavski
endorsed Huntington Park
mayor John Noguez
"We received correspondence from the office of Supervisor Antonovich
that included a complaint alleging that John R. Noguez, a candidate for
Los Angeles County Assessor, is really Juan Reynaldo Rodriguez, and
has never really changed his name. It is not a crime to use another
name unless the intention is to use another name unless your intention
is to commit fraud. Consequently, we will open a preliminary review of
this matter to determine whether there is any evidence of fraud
separate and apart from the use of another name. You will be notified
when the process has reached a conclusion."
"But the name Noguez does not appear on his birth certificate, which
states that Juan Renaldo Rodriguez was born on November 29, 1964, to
Jesus Rodriguez, a gardener from Mexico, and to Carmen Anaya, also
from Mexico."

"While his birth certificate identifies him clearly as Juan Renaldo
Rodriguez, he has used the two first names, John and Juan, at different
times and for different purposes. Often, he signs as Juan R. Noguez, as
he did on the affidavit and nominating papers he filed in 2006 to run for
re-election."

"He used Juan “John” R. Noguez on his statement of economic interests
that same year. However, he is registered to vote as John R. Noguez,
and for business statements and property deeds reviewed by the
Weekly, he is listed as John Noguez."

"Once, he also rejected the first name John. In a 2005 lawsuit arising
from a property dispute, his mother, listed in court documents as Maria
Carmen Anaya Noguez, and his brother, listed as Henry Rodriguez, sued
him as John Noguez. In response to the lawsuit, Noguez’s attorney filed
papers in court stating that Juan R. Noguez was “sued erroneously as
John Noguez.”