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State charges trio with pocketing $400,000 in public funds meant to help unhoused in L.A.
LA Times via msn ^ | 21 October 2021 | Richard Winton

Posted on 10/21/2021 7:33:46 PM PDT by blueplum

Three people have been charged with multiple counts of fraud and embezzlement in connection with an alleged scam to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars in public funds meant to help the unhoused, California's attorney general announced Thursday.

Two of the three women worked for the Los Angeles-based nonprofit People Assisting the Homeless, known as PATH, which in 2016 received a contract from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority to help transition unhoused people and families into affordable housing.

... Bonta's office last month charged Latoi Pledger, 45, Sareena Stevenson, 44, and Valencia Stevenson, 40, with 56 felonies....

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: courts; crime; homeless; scamcharities
Por nosotros todo...isn't just a protest slogan, it's a credo in certain cultures. Cultural awareness is healthy.
1 posted on 10/21/2021 7:33:46 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

I presume by ‘trio’ they don’t mean these guys:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8eBmWdnlPg

Nor these 3 lovely ladies from Georgia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDK9KOfknTw


2 posted on 10/21/2021 7:40:44 PM PDT by posterchild
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To: blueplum

as well as a special allegation of aggravated white-collar crime with loss of more than $100,000. The Stevensons are related, according to authorities.


white collar crime....................


3 posted on 10/21/2021 7:42:22 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: blueplum

“unhoused’

IIs that what they’re calling vagrants these days?


4 posted on 10/21/2021 7:49:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s what they’re calling drug addicts.

The good news is they won’t be pissing away the money on meth and fentanyl.


5 posted on 10/21/2021 7:58:25 PM PDT by sevlex
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To: BenLurkin

The label of “homeless” has derogatory connotations. It implies that one is “less than”, and it undermines self-esteem and progressive change.

The use of the term “Unhoused”, instead, has a profound personal impact upon those in insecure housing situations. It implies that there is a moral and social assumption that everyone should be housed in the first place.

https://www.unhoused.org/overview


6 posted on 10/21/2021 7:58:30 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: blueplum

400,000 bucks? That’s peanuts and hardly worth the time of day for a good marxist,


7 posted on 10/21/2021 8:43:43 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: blueplum
Movin' on up!


8 posted on 10/21/2021 8:48:06 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: BenLurkin

vagrants — bums — homeless — “unhoused” — noRoofies — etc.

Part of liberal/commie playbook out here in CaCaLand. As unstupid finally catch on to the term, change the word.


9 posted on 10/22/2021 6:48:28 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Didn’t need the pics-—KNEW they are Obama relatives.


10 posted on 10/22/2021 8:09:11 AM PDT by ridesthemiles ( )
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