LOS ANGELES—Former Los Angeles City Councilman José Huizar surrendered Monday to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to begin serving his 13-year prison sentence for accepting bribes from downtown developers and cheating on his taxes.
Huizar is in custody at the Federal Correctional Institution Lompoc II, a low-security prison for male inmates in Santa Barbara County, according to the BOP.
Huizar had previously been ordered to self-surrender on Aug. 30, but was granted a five-week continuance for “good cause.” Papers filed in federal court show that Huizar based his continuance request on “a new, unexpected, and extraordinary event,” apparently connected to undisclosed medical reasons. The government did not object, documents show….