The price has doubled to $1.5 million for an independent investigation into corruption allegations surrounding the sale of Anaheim Stadium.
The JL Group, a Laguna Niguel law firm, and Judge Clay Smith, a retired Orange County Superior Court judge who is overseeing the probe, were hired in August by Anaheim city officials to investigate campaign contributions made to former Mayor Harry Sidhu and previous city councilors revealed in two FBI affidavits published last year.
In February, the Anaheim City Council approved a request (pdf) to add $750,000 to fund the remaining investigation after learning the law firm had exceeded its original $750,000 budget.
City councilors also granted the firm permission to share information with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office of any criminal activity uncovered during their investigation to avoid running over the legal time limit on filing charges….