… of L.A.'s budget — $180,000 — went to Reggie-related expenses. What Reggie makes of his unusual life story is a mystery. An alligator brain is the size of a peanut. A GATOR EMERGES Lake Machado today is the attractive center of Ken Malloy … Janice Hahn, then a city councilwoman representing Harbor City Rumors of an alligator-like figure surfacing in the lake began to swirl around Harbor City. This was a year and a half before the iPhone, and photographic evidence was scarce. Claims of a wild swamp-dwelling reptile …