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DENISE AGUILAR, CANDIDATE FOR THE ASSEMBLY, HAS A CRIMINAL RECORD. She can still run
Denise Aguilar Mendeza right-wing extremist who was photographed during the failed attempt of January 6, 2021, US Capitol uprising, founded the anti-vaccination group Freedom angels and the survivor Mamalitia and who is running as a Republican to represent Stockton in the election Assemblypleaded guilty to welfare fraud in 2020.
On Tuesday, we reported on a 2019 video of Aguilar posted on the conservative video-sharing site Clutter and rose again by leaning to the left Media is important to Americain which the candidate makes several conspiratorial and anti-Semitic statements.
Aguilar is endorsed by the Republican Party of California and Republican leader of the Assembly James GallagherR-Yuba City.
It turns out that 2019 was a busy year for Aguilar. Not only was that when she first entered the political fray in Sacramento — protesting a state law that tightened vaccination requirements for schoolchildren — but that was also when she was charged with three felonies: aiding and abetting by misrepresentation of more than $950, grand theft of personal property over $950. and perjury.
The charges alleged that Aguilar cheated the government out of $10,984 in public funds San Joaquin County Human Services Agency. According to the first indictment, the alleged criminal conduct occurred between March 2016 and February 2018.
At a preliminary hearing in September 2020, Aguilar pleaded guilty to a single charge of welfare fraud as part of a plea deal with police. The San Joaquin County Prosecutor’s Office.
She was given a 40-day jail sentence (later reduced to 20 days), three years’ probation, 120 hours of community service and ordered to pay $10,984 in restitution. She served the prison sentence in February 2023.
The Bee asked Aguilar for comment. She never responded. However, she did message on X shortly after The Bee reached out.
She attacked The Bee’s reporting on her, saying voters don’t care about her criminal record or history of anti-Semitic comments, which she described as “things from my past.”
“Because people have seen how hard I will go for families and children,” Aguilar wrote.
Despite her criminal conviction, state law does not prohibit Aguilar from holding public office.
California law only prevents those convicted of a crime involving bribes, embezzlement of public funds, extortion or theft of public funds, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any of the above crimes from holding office, the law says of California. Office of the Secretary of State.
Because Aguilar only pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, that ban does not apply.
GARVEY OVERESTIMATES SCHIFF
Via David Lightman…
Republican Steve Garvey has raised about $6 million for him in the last three months US Senate race against the democrat Adam Schiff. Schiff raised slightly less.
In these last weeks, the last Federal Election Commission reports indicated Schiff will have more money to spend as of September 30. He had $10.2 million on hand. Garvey had $3.8 million, but also $504,225 in debt.
Polls show Schiff is a heavy favorite to win the seat now held by Senator. Laphonza ButlerD-Calif., who was appointed to the position last year after former incumbent Sen. Dianne FeinsteinD-California, deceased.
Schiff, a Los Angeles-area congressman since 2001, has raised a total of about $45.2 million since he began his campaign for Senate. Garvey, a former all-star baseball player, has raised $16.9 million.
GROUPS ARE URGING CALPERS TO DISINVEST FROM TESLA
A few organizations have sent a letter to the Democratic California State Controller Malia Cohenurging her on in her capacity as CalPERS board member, to vote to divest that agency’s funds from the electric car manufacturer Tesla.
The two groups — LatinoJustice PRLDEF and the National Institute for Workers’ Rights – cited Tesla’s “anti-inclusion, anti-opportunity, and anti-diversity stance, as well as its record of discrimination against employees of color.”
The letter mentioned the history of Diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) efforts dating back to the 1960s that have resulted in high-diversity companies outperforming low-diversity companies
“California’s public sector workforce is incredibly diverse, with 60% of state employees being non-white. CalPERS itself has a workforce that is 58% non-white. You as a leader and CalPERS as an institution have both long been rightly committed to the values of DEI,” the letter reads in part.
Tesla, which is run by a conservative billionaire Elon Musk is the opposite of that. Musk has declared that DEI initiatives must “die,” saying at one point that DEI efforts are making flying less safe.
The letter also cited Tesla’s record of discrimination against its own employees of color, which led to sanctions from US authorities California Department of Fair Employment and Housing.
“Tesla’s values are opposite to CalPERS’s. We therefore ask that CalPERS stand up for the values of diversity, equity and inclusion and divest the stock ownership of public employees of Tesla, Inc,” the letter reads, adding that divesting Tesla will repudiate the company’s anti-inclusion position and will condemn “Musk’s corrosive practices.” rhetoric.”
Tesla does not have a PR department and therefore could not be contacted for comment.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I haven’t voted yet, and I haven’t actually read it yet. But I will let you know.”
– Vice President Kamala Harris discusses California Proposition 36 as she prepared to board Air Force 2 in Detroit on Wednesday. Hat tip to Bee DC correspondent Gillian Brassil for the quote.
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