Montgomery’s ethics called into question by councilman
Manhattan Beach City Council Candidate Richard Montgomery. File photo Manhattan Beach City Council candidate Richard Montgomery has come under fire after a Facebook posting by a sitting member of the City Council revealed a misdemeanor conviction and the loss of Montgomery’s appraisers license. On Jan. 27, Councilman Wayne Powell posted a collection of links leading to orders by California Department of Consumer Affairs’ Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers. The orders described three occasions, from 2006 to 2008, when Montgomery — then an appraiser under his company, RichMont Appraisals — was found to have provided “misleading and inaccurate appraisal reports” in and around Rancho Cucamonga and Fontana. Errors cited in the reports ranged from failing to describe a property’s surrounding neighborhood, including failures to describe earthquake fault and fire danger risks, to failing to discuss and analyze legal and development constraints on the properties. There was also a mis-valuation of a 36 acre property, indicating it was available for high-density development, when neither Rancho Cucamonga nor San Bernardino County allowed for such development. In August 2013, Montgomery agreed…
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