It’s Kleptofornia why is anyone surprised?
Mis-allocation of funds is just business as usual there.
I lost everything I owned way back in 1983 when the crooks running San Jose took the Alviso flood control funds to glorify themselves and their pet “Light Rail” project.
Which virtually no one rode.
I recently visited Alviso for the first time in decades.
No longer a small bed-room community at the edge of San Jose.
Now that Google and several other mega-companies have facilities there thirty million has been spent on flood control.
So clearly the mere citizens are fair game but they will not risk the ire of the corporate masters.
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