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School Board President in Chula Vista Sneaked A No-Bid Lobbyist Contract
On Its November 2004 Board Agenda At The Last Minute Benefitting
Campaign Contributor Francisco Leal's Legislative Advocacy Group

The Sweetwater School District Board President Quiñones Defends Her Actions of
Supporting The No-Bid $3,000/Month Contract For Leal.
(see San Diego Union-Tribune article dated December 10, 2004)

Posted Friday January 14, 2005
WatchOurCity.com

Huntington Park, CA - Leal also presented a $3,000/month lobby contract to this city's
council for approval, a potential conflict of interest since Leal is also the City Attorney.
Council voted in favor.

In 1999, the Los Angeles Times reported on Francisco Leal's questionable political
influence on local elected officials with help from Sacramento politicians.

Leal also seems to neglect to report campaign contributions to the state of California as
required.

His attorney contract in Huntington Park is worth $300,000 a year.

Reportedly Leal is currently one of Lynwood School District's attorneys. He is also a
lobbyist for neighboring cities of Maywood and Cudahy.

Evidently, the Southeast L.A. County cities and some school districts are huge cash cows
for the Harvard law graduate Francisco Leal.

He seems to have a knack for being selected in close door sessions without competitive
bids by elected officials who seem to exhibit no shame in their actions, public interest be
damned.

Seemingly, a Harvard law degree is licence to plunder, not help, the coffers of local
budget-strapped cities.