Six current or former Bell City Council members were ordered Wednesday to stand trial on felony charges that they drew extraordinary salaries for serving on boards and commissions that met so rarely that one elected official testified that he wasn’t even sure what the agencies did.

In ordering a trial, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Henry J. Hall said it wasn't really a tough decision on his part. "This is not really a difficult case," he said.
Hall order Mayor Oscar Hernandez and current and former council members Luis Artiga, Victor Bello, George Cole, Teresa Jacobo and George Mirabal to stay away from city hall and no longer participate in Bell's civic affairs.

The order essentially shuts down the City Council and makes it impossible for the council to meet until next month's election.

"These people may not be in the running of that city in any shape or form," Hall said. "The allegations are, in my opinion, appalling."]

Last September the former Mayor’s bail was reduced to $2 million and all of the former Bell officials are free on bail.

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