By: Adam Elmahrek, Gabriel San Román, Nathan Fenno | Los Angeles Times
As an Anaheim City Council member, Jordan Brandman enjoyed relationships with lobbyists and corporate power brokers that went well beyond cozy.
He was so close to Disneyland’s director of external affairs that they affectionately called each other “twin” and traded messages saying they loved each other. A lobbyist representing the city’s police officers union managed investments for Brandman, more than quadrupling the money he had put in.
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Brandman spent his 40th birthday party blowing out the candles at a sushi restaurant, surrounded by friends who often had business before the City Council. And when questions about his mental health emerged, Brandman tried so hard to stay in their good graces that he signed over access to information about his psychological care to a prominent local lobbyist, who was also a friend.
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