Former Los Angeles City Councilmember José Huizar has another month before he has to begin his 13-year prison sentence as the result of convictions for accepting bribes and cheating on taxes, new court filings revealed Friday.
Huizar, who pleaded guilty in January 2023 to felony charges of conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and tax evasion, was supposed to begin his prison term Friday, but he was granted a delay due to a confidential medical matter.
Instead, Huizar was to surrender to the Bureau of Prisons no later than Oct. 7.
Papers filed in Los Angeles federal court show that defense attorneys sought a self-surrender date of Dec. 2 based on “a new, unexpected, and extraordinary event,” apparently connected to undisclosed medical reasons. The government did not object, documents show.
In mid-April, the judge granted a continuance of surrender from April 30 to Aug. 30. Huizar’s attorney indicated at the time in a filing that his argument in support of the delay …