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Feds want $5.4 million back from S.F.
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 4/4/8 | Jaxon Van Derbeken

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 ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: baghdadbythebay; govwatch; sanctuaryfrancisco; sanfranciscovalues; wod
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To: InsensitiveConservative

Attention all of California!.....San Fran welcomes your illegal immigrants. Thank You San Fran! Not only will the oddballs all be in one spot but the illegals will be too!


21 posted on 04/04/2008 9:51:06 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: SunkenCiv
“Hey, they needed the money to cover their medical marijuana and condom giveaway programs.”

More likely the 14 extra “assistants” that Newsome has on his staff that make 6 figures. He was using I believe Muni funds to help pay for them. I hope the Feds open a RICO probe of City Hall.

22 posted on 04/04/2008 9:52:20 AM PDT by Polynikes (Hey. I got a question. How are you planning to get back down that hill?)
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To: SmithL

*snicker*


23 posted on 04/04/2008 9:57:06 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

I mention in passing to the local panhandlers that SF pays homeless $500/mo to be homeless in SF...


24 posted on 04/04/2008 10:04:14 AM PDT by null and void (If you thought Congress was bad you ought to see what the folks who admit they are criminals can do)
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To: reagan_fanatic
Kids, this is what happens to you when you leave a plastic bag over your head for too long.

In my opinion the bag wasn't left on long enough.

25 posted on 04/04/2008 10:08:03 AM PDT by ShowMeMom (America: The home of the FREE because of the BRAVE.)
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To: SmithL

The funds will be deducted from future payments. We will not wait for you to come up with the money and pay it back to the treasury.


26 posted on 04/04/2008 10:11:12 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Never say never (there'll be a VP you'll like))
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To: null and void
It really sucks to be in the Bay Area.

Hmmm...must be why a huge percentage of the best and brightest people in the country move here. ;)

27 posted on 04/04/2008 10:14:43 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Do you know one? I’d be delighted to sell them my house!


28 posted on 04/04/2008 11:06:32 AM PDT by null and void (If you thought Congress was bad you ought to see what the folks who admit they are criminals can do)
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To: null and void

Can you be homeless for one day/month and get the $500? Do you have to have any ID? Will they provide a shelter with broadband internet access and a private room? If I can get the $500 for one day in a shelter, with no ID, and internet access I can game on the net for one day and then take their money to Tahoe and spend it in Nevada!!! Just imagine if thousands no hundreds of thousands of Americans started protesting non-violently against the San Tran-sisco tyranny in this way. We could get back some of our tax dollars from this regime.

JFaron


29 posted on 04/04/2008 11:22:32 AM PDT by JFaron (What price the loss of our sovereignty?)
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To: JFaron
Even SF finally figured out that paying homeless to hang out was a bad idea. They no longer have the program.

OTOH, I see no particular disadvantage to sending them our panhandlers and other bums. By the time they figure out that SF doesn't pay them, they are there and not here!

30 posted on 04/04/2008 11:27:06 AM PDT by null and void (If you thought Congress was bad you ought to see what the folks who admit they are criminals can do)
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To: null and void

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.””
Call them and shop over the phone. Don’t spend your time in SF.


31 posted on 04/04/2008 12:21:02 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: ridesthemiles

*sigh* I would have, but I failed to plan ahead enough for their delivery times.

My bad.


32 posted on 04/04/2008 12:34:53 PM PDT by null and void (If you thought Congress was bad you ought to see what the folks who admit they are criminals can do)
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