Image via WikipediaLOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles Superior Court judge today issued an order prohibiting former Pico Rivera City Councilman Ronald Beilke from running for or holding public office for four years, the District Attorney’s Office announced.Judge Lisa Lench additionally sentenced Beilke to three years of probation and 30 days of community service. The defendant must also pay a $1,000 fine.
Beilke was convicted on Jan. 20 of two misdemeanor counts of conflict of interest for voting on contracts between the City of Pico Rivera and two private businesses, All American Asphalt and Mobility Solutions.
Evidence presented at trial revealed that the work stipulated by the contracts could foreseeably benefit Beilke’s Wienerschnitzel franchise in Pico Rivera.
Deputy District Attorney Sandi Roth of the Public Integrity Division prosecuted the case.
Beilke was found not guilty of one count of perjury and two counts of conflict of interest, one a misdemeanor, the other a felony.
The contract between the City of Pico Rivera and All American Asphalt was for paving of the intersection within 500 feet of Beilke’s restaurant. The work included decorative, colored concrete, the prosecutor said.
The contract with Mobility Solutions was for the design of a street light, within 500 feet of Beilke’s business, which allowed traffic to flow freely into the shopping center directly connected to his restaurant.
