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Resident alleges Mayor Victor Linares has undisclosed business ties in downtown lease
Summary
At the Covina City Council meeting a resident alleged the mayor has undisclosed business interests tied to a downtown lease for a restaurant space and asked the city clerk to open an investigation; the council took no action and the mayor did not respond during the meeting.
A resident accused Mayor Victor Linares of undisclosed business relationships and asked the city to investigate a downtown lease approved in January 2024.
Neil Polzin addressed the council during public comment and said records indicate that the space once leased to Bear's Sausage and operating as The Good Company is being rented at a rate far below market. Polzin said the records show the space rented for $3,000 a month in 2015 and — according to his review of the files presented to the council — the recent lease set rent only about $100 higher than that…
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