Inzunza's Hideaways

It turns out that National City mayor Nick Inzunza, recently the subject of a Union-Tribune exposé about his plans to take an extended holiday vacation from his mayoral duties, owns a getaway in the San Bernardino Mountains. According to property tax records, in January 2001 Inzunza and wife Olga purchased a one-bedroom cabin with fireplace in Sugarloaf, near Big Bear Lake, for about $20,000. Inzunza, brother of ex-San Diego city councilman Ralph Inzunza, convicted in the Cheetahs case, also has extensive real estate holdings in Barrio Logan. In addition, tax records show that in 1998 he bought a parcel in National City with Angel Hueso, the brother of Ben Hueso, currently a San Diego City Council candidate. A year later, the records show, Hueso transferred his interest to Inzunza.