State conflict of interest laws ban public officials from any involvement in contracts in which they have a financial interest, including agreements that financially benefit their spouse or groups that pay their spouse.
In CaCaLand you get a wine&cheese party.
There have been dozens of “homeless caca” programs with tens of millions of $$. <1% ever actually ends up on the street helping anyone. Audit after audit shows this. All a scam.
“So what is the penalty for this obvious transgression?”
In California? A Senate seat most likely.
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NONE -—THEN THIEVES ACTUALLY THINK THEY ARE DOING “NOTHING WRONG”.
PAR for the course in L A County politics.