Posted on 04/04/2008 8:04:18 AM PDT by SmithL
The U.S. Department of Justice wants San Francisco to repay $5.4 million in grant money earmarked to help fight the war on drugs in states bordering Mexico because federal auditors found the city was not eligible for the funding.
San Francisco had sought the grant under the Southwest Border Prosecution Initiative, which compensates law enforcement agencies in California and other border states for the costs of handling prosecutions in lieu of federal authorities.
As of March of last year, the city claimed it had handled more than 2,241 such cases, but a federal audit released this week found that none of the cases had been referred by federal officials to District Attorney Kamala Harris' office as required under the program.
The audit found that the cases the city cited in its application should have been "disallowed" as "unsubstantiated" under the government's grant criteria.
City officials contacted Thursday were unable to explain the circumstances surrounding San Francisco's application for the grant or how it spent the funds.
A spokeswoman for Harris' office, Erica Derryck, said, "We're aware of the national audit report and are in the process of looking at the questioned costs for San Francisco outlined in the report."
Harris' office would not make the top prosecutor available on Thursday for an interview about the audit, and Derryck declined to answer questions about the report findings or the 2,241 cases in the city's application for federal funds.
Mayor Gavin Newsom's office, in a statement provided by spokesman Nathan Ballard, also acknowledged that city officials know about the report and are working "cooperatively with the Department of Justice to resolve any issues the audit raises."
...said Thursday that the federal government wants its $5.4 million back.
"While we will seek to have excess funds under the Southwest Border Prosecution Initiative returned,
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
It’s a shame San Francisco is still considered a part of the United States.
You want Federal money?
Don’t spit on the U.S.
Wow. Why would anyone ever want to live in this city? I mean, the coastline is beautiful but, why spend one cent in this place? Why visit it even? I cannot imagine what would make someone want to be a police or fire or any rescue type in this mess.
Kamala Harris is a joke, worse then Hallinan ever was. I hope they open a criminal investigation against her for this.
It will be funny to hear SF squeal like a stuck Ned Beatty when they start 'demanding', "their" money.
Looks like the one on the right is a corpse. Or maybe a moonbat. Hard to tell the difference.
Yeah sure. We’ll give back the money (snicker, sniker, wink wink) Ha hah hah hah! Wimps...
SanFran deports illegals?
I believe the mayor just announced they love illegal alien criminal invaders and wanted all illegals to know they were welcome in SF.
Good question. I want nothing to do with the place, and it used to be my home. (Born & raised, but those were different times—left when it got hippy-fied.)
The last time I spent any money in "The City" was to get an '(extra) bitter' tee shirt from Scharffen Berger Chocolatier for my ex.
The only two places it was available were San Francisco and Berkeley.
It really sucks to be in the Bay Area.
Hanging upside down. Moonbat.
Hey, they needed the money to cover their medical marijuana and condom giveaway programs.
Bill OReilly has said this all along. NO federal money or assistance.
If there is an earthquake or flood......sorry, no National Guard.
If Muhhamed blows himself up in the mall in SanFagsisco....sorry, he’s just a freedom fighter afterall.
Now, if a man wants to be a flaming queer/transtesticle/trans-whatever-they-call-them-nowadays and spread disease and immorallity and filth in his own house, thats fine with me....
But when that man spits on the very entity that gave him that freedom is where the line is drawn.
SanFagsisco is just that kind of place. Nowhere will you find a more wretched hive of scum and ingrates.
That turkey Newsome will probably make a national run before long. Yuck!
Isn’t Kamala Harris the idiot DA that won’t seek the death penalty for cop shooters?
City officials contacted Thursday were unable to explain the circumstances surrounding San Francisco’s application for the grant or how it spent the funds.
Gay bath houses?.....
Yes
Wow, you must write more! I started choking I was laughing so hard (transtestical!!!). Actually, I’m still having a problem typing.
Thank you.
Well, on the peninsula, anyway...
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