Huntington Park

County, the ticker is now on Huntington Park — and it looks like it’ll be stuck there for a while.

Also served were Councilmember Eddie Martinez, two former council members and City Manager Ricardo Reyes and even Huntington Park City Hall, which saw yellow caution tape block off the front entrance as investigators carried out evidence.

Huntington Park was supposed to be different, a city where a new generation of politicians who helped to take out the previous baddies repeatedly reassured the public they would break the corruption cycle.

Afterward, I asked him if he thought Flores’ ascension represented a fresh start for Huntington Park.

In 2017, the D.A. investigated and ultimately cleared her for raising money for an Efren Martinez Assembly campaign from companies that sought to do business with Huntington Park.