SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego City Council heard from several people Tuesday about the public corruption probe that resulted in the raid of three councilmen's offices last week.

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Pepper Coffey, an Otay Mesa community activist and real estate agent who served on the Chargers task force, drew applause in the City Council chamber for her remarks in support of the three council members.

The offices of councilmen Michael Zucchet, Charles Lewis and Ralph Inzunza were searched last Wednesday, as FBI raids also were carried out at strip clubs in San Diego and Las Vegas owned by Michael Galardi.

"The urge of the United States to pursue Mr. Galardi does not warrant disrupting the government of the whole city," Coffey said about the FBI raids. "I strongly believe that Mayor Dick Murphy and each of the members of the City Council are honorable, honest, hard-working moral people of integrity involved in very challenging work."

The federal probe reportedly centers on whether public officials were bribed with tens of thousands of dollars to help water down city laws governing strip clubs.

A few other speakers during the public comment portion of Tuesday's City Council meeting touched on the scandal.

Jarvis Ross, of Point Loma, focused his remarks on Chargers negotiations, which the council voted Monday night to extend. He compared strip club operators to sports team owners.

"Both provide entertainment, both solicit favorable economic treatment," Ross said. "The major difference is, in one case the entertainers strip before the public, and in the other, the owners strip the public."