Coming Soon: The Sellout

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Sony Music

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.0 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2021

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Jose Huizar grew up in Boyle Heights – a working-class Latinx neighborhood in L.A. Eventually, he became their councilperson. And, for the most part, people trusted Huizar... until the day the FBI raided his home and offices, looking for evidence of corruption. The Feds would go on to say that Huizar led a criminal enterprise based in city hall. He stands accused of taking bribes from luxury developers as his constituents were displaced from their homes. This season of Smoke Screen is a collaboration with grassroots media organization L.A. TACO. In this 9-part investigative series, journalist and host Mariah Castañeda investigates how Huizar got the power to do what he did, and how the community that raised him paid the price. A Neon Hum Media and Sony Music Entertainment production. Coming October 26th. Listen & follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Most of us know you can't trust politicians, but you know how sometimes a politician comes
0:09.0	along that just seems different.
0:12.0	Someone who actually seems to care about you and your neighbors, who says, I'm like you,
0:18.0	I'm a lookout for you.
0:19.9	This is a podcast about that kind of politician.
0:23.0	He grew up in a working class, Latinx neighborhood in Los Angeles called Boyle Heights.
0:28.7	His name is Jose Luisad.
0:31.2	His upbringing was the hook for his entire persona.
0:35.0	He's going to be the first Mexican city council member.
0:39.2	His family is from Tecatecaz.
0:40.8	It was our own personal AOC.
0:43.4	But it turns out the story of Jose Luisad was too good to be true.
0:49.2	The night corruption so bad, LA City Hall has never seen anything like it.
0:55.1	The FBI called Luisad, the masterminds of a criminal enterprise, based in City Hall.
1:01.2	His trial is set for next year.
1:03.7	FBI agents left Jose Luisad's office this afternoon with a lot of boxes, possible evidence.
1:10.4	Tonight, outside his home, activists chanted calling Jose Luisad Abendido, a sell-out in
1:16.4	Spanish.
1:28.5	From Neonha Media and LA Tango, this is the sell-out, a podcast about a Los Angeles City
1:33.7	council member, dogs by allegations of corruption, harassment, and pathological pettiness.
1:40.2	It's about a community that feels the pain of betrayal from one of their own.
1:45.7	The community we saw represented found themselves in a war against gentrification, and they were
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