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The bribery and corruption case against ex-Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet and real estate developer Richard Meaney is expected to go to trial in March. Photo: City of Palm Springs.
The bribery and corruption case against ex-Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet and real estate developer Richard Meaney is expected to go to trial in March.
Meaney and attorneys representing him and Pougnet agreed during an October hearing at the Larson Justice Center in Indio that the trial would begin next month. Steve Pougnet, 58, who identifies as gay, didn’t appear at the hearing.
Pougnet and Meaney were indicted in 2019 for 31 counts of bribery, perjury, and conspiracy. Steve Pougnet faces 21 felonies, and Meaney faces 10.
Meaney is accused of giving Pougnet money in exchange for greenlighting his real estate projects. They have pleaded not guilty.
In December, Judge Harold Hopp dismissed the case against a second developer, John Wessman. The judge said the prosecutor didn’t present enough evidence linking Wessman to the alleged bribery plot involving the ex-mayor.
Riverside County District Attorney Michael Hestrin has appealed that ruling.
Serving on Palm Spring City CouncilPougnet was elected to the Palm Springs City Council in December 2007 and won a second term, serving until December 2015.
Pougnet married Christopher Green in 2008.
Pougnet ran unopposed in the June 2010 primary election to win the Democratic nomination for the United States House of Representatives seat representing California’s 45th congressional district.
In the November 2010 election, he ran against American Independent Bill Lussenheide and Republican incumbent, Mary Bono Mack. Bono Mack defeated Pougnet and Lussenheide in the general election.
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