Chicana Service Action Center: When La Raza Turns into La Ladra

Race hustling is alive and well in Los Angeles County.

Sadly.

That's what the race card has been all about, anyway. The Democratic Party has been invested, obsessed with division from Day One.

From 1829 to the present day, the Democratic Party wants to divide and conquer different people based on the race card, the argument that someone is taking away from someone else.

Chicana Service Action Center executives charged in $8.5-million fraud case

For decades, the Chicana Service Action Center received millions of dollars in taxpayer money to help some of the county's most disadvantaged residents: the homeless, the unemployed, victims of domestic violence, foster youth looking for work.

Taxpayer dollars? Wow, no wonder the corruption was rife!

The nonprofit organization also played a pivotal role in launching the political career of former County Supervisor Gloria Molina, who described herself as one of the group's earliest supporters. In the last few years, its influence had gone far beyond its Eastside origins, extending its reach from downtown to the eastern edge of the San Gabriel Valley.

And it's completely corrupt.

The race-hustling is astounding.

Now, prosecutors have charged three of the group's executives with embezzlement and conspiracy, accusing them of participating in a "billing scam" that defrauded the county of more than $8.5 million, according to the district attorney's office.

More public corruption.

Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey's office alleges that Sophia Esparza, the Chicana center's chief executive officer, used public funds to pay for expensive cars, homes, meals and even a political campaign fundraiser. Roughly $1.8 million went toward Esparza's "lavish" lifestyle, prosecutors say, including season tickets to the Dodgers and Clippers and rent on a home in affluent San Marino.

Wow! Another case of robbing the poor to feed the rich.

The district attorney's complaint says Esparza improperly used $35,000 in taxpayer funds to charter a yacht in Seattle; $81,873 to purchase a 2010 Jaguar in Pasadena; and $145,653 to cover five years' of rent at the Visconti, an apartment complex in downtown Los Angeles. None of those purchases were authorized by the group's board of directors, the complaint states.

Prosecutors also allege the three defendants created "fraudulent records and/or client files" to support the monthly invoices that were sent to the county's Department of Public Social Services.

WOW! This is Los Angeles County, folks, where corruption runs like a river throughout the streets, from the South Bay to the Valley.

This is wrong. We the People of Los Angeles County need to thrown down against this garbage. This is beyond outrageous.

The three defendants — Esparza, Chief Financial Officer Silvia Gutierrez and Vice President Thomas Baiz — are scheduled to appear in court Wednesday for a preliminary hearing. Deputy Dist. Atty. Marian Thompson said in a statement that the defendants "tainted the reputation" of a long-standing nonprofit organization and "betrayed the people they were supposed to help."

When will Hispanic voters wake up and realize that the very people who claim to represent their interests are only interested in their own pockets?

They are ripping off poor and working Californians, all to promote their own political leanings and their bank accounts. This is Mexican cartel corruption at its worst. When does it stop?

It's time for Republicans, conservatives, and wise-minded Californians of all backgrounds to stand up to this. The Public Integrity Division is in full force finally in Los Angeles County. Or at least so it seems.

But when will we finally see John Noguez behind bars, too?