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The charges: The D.A. said in a statement Tuesday that prosecutors filed the charges after uncovering evidence that the city’s housing authority and LA Metro paid Price’s wife more than $800,000 at the same time Price voted to award the agencies multimillion-dollar contracts.

What the D.A. says: “Embezzling public funds and awarding contracts for your own financial gain is the antithesis of public service,” District Attorney Nathan Hochman said. “Self-dealing and pay-to-play politics will not be tolerated in Los Angeles County.”

What about Price? A Price spokesperson called the latest charges nothing more than an attempt to “pile on to a weak case.” The spokesperson told LAist there is no evidence that Price was aware of the alleged conflicts when he voted for the projects.

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