LOS ANGELES—Disgraced former Los Angeles City Councilman José Huizar will be sentenced in December instead of September, federal court documents show as of last week.
Huizar pleaded guilty in January to felony charges for using his powerful position at City Hall to enrich himself and his associates, and for cheating on his taxes. He faces multiple years behind bars at a sentencing hearing now scheduled for Dec. 15.
Huizar’s attorney, Charles Snyder, requested the hearing be continued from Sept. 25 to the new date due to his current caseload and commitments to other clients and courts across the district.
“I need more time than presently available under the schedule to gather records, prepare a sentencing video, and draft the sentencing submission, including a response to the yet-undisclosed [pre-sentence report],” Snyder wrote in a submission to the court….