Showing posts with label Raul Bocanegra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Raul Bocanegra. Show all posts

Friday, December 8, 2017

Email from Democratic Staffer: Sacramento is Far Worse Than You Think

A Sacramento Democratic Staffer decided to lot off a some steam about all the crime, corruption, and just plain creepy behavior overwhelming the state capitol.

It's pretty gritty stuff, and gives us the whole who's-who of Democratic perverts, predators, pedophile, and the long list of enablers who allowed this despicable behavior to go on unchecked.

Below I have reprinted the entire contents of the mail.

I will let these damning allegations speak for themselves at this time:

Meet the Cast of Characters Who Brought Down Raul Bocanegra

Because “Everyone Is Human” … Except Straight, Single, Male Legislators!

And “everyone is innocent until proven guilty, everyone deserves the benefit of the doubt, everyone deserves a second chance,” etc. except straight, single male legislators.
Hypocrisy, puritanism, and a witch hunt hit Sacramento.
Eric “the Accused Pederast” Bauman: During his recent campaign for party chair, Bauman faced nasty allegations that he had had inappropriate relationships with young males. Newspapers documented well both the extensive whisper campaign Bauman faced and his reaction. Bauman insisted that smear campaigns happen in politics, and that he was the victim of one. Yet the minute Bocanegra was accused of far less serious things, Bauman hinted he should step down.

Hypocrisy: Bauman has allegedly groped, fondled, and sexually harassed half of the attractive males in politics, gay or straight, including many who were allegedly underage. Why does he get to sit in judgment on single male legislators? Why does the press not investigate? Is it because he’s gay?
Cristina “the DV Slumlord” Garcia: Garcia, despite allying herself with poverty pimps, is one of the wealthiest members of the Assembly, as Garcia and her family are well-known slumlords in Southeast LA. Yet Garcia violates every disclosure law with her Form 700s. Some years, she deigns to fill them out correctly revealing the extensiveness of her holdings, but most often she doesn’t. The number of sexual assaults and domestic violence calls that have occurred at Garcia and her parent’s slummy apartments are truly epic. Screen tenants better so domestic violence perpetrators don’t continue to victimize at your premises? Nah. Put in better lighting to increase public safety? Nah.
Hypocrisy: Garcia cares about these issues only if they advance her political career, not if they cost her money.

Anthony “Political Calculus” Rendon and Nancy “Rules Should Do Something!” Skinner. These two powerful lawmakers, as Speaker and former Chair of Assembly Rules, respectively, have known about the worst harassment cases for well over a decade and they didn’t do a goddamn thing until it was politically convenient. Let’s repeat that for those not paying attention: these two let the genuine predators roam free and the victims obtain no justice, until Rendon faced a speakership challenge from Bocanegra and Skinner wanted to kill Hertzberg’s chances of being pro tem. Disgusted much?
Hypocrisy: Their several floor speeches where they talk about folks in prison deserving a second chance. A man can beat a man near death, pistol whip a guy, beat a guy with a baseball bat, etc. and these liberals will talk about how society must give that person understanding and love. Even when these violent perps help foster a culture of fear and abuse in the neighborhoods they terrorize. So if you’re keeping score: a man violently assaults a man, and these libs will advocate letting him out of jail. A man grabs a woman’s ass, and these libs want to destroy him. You though the Puritans died out in the 1600s.
Jessica “Drug Haze Revenge” Yas. Yas has allegedly been fired, asked to leave, asked to resign, or faced major discord at every job she’s briefly held, and has stated to many in politics that she’ll have her revenge...and political office soon herself. After allegedly putting behind her a phase of alleged massive drug use, she wants to go full Rolling Stone. Yet she’s solicited numerous lawmakers again and again for funds (personal and political), jobs for her drug friends, and then reacted bizarrely when told no.

Hypocrisy: Yas took a position with Antonio Villaraigosa after his well-reported womanizing took place. He’s some with a real, extensively documented history of treating women poorly, yet she’s supporting him for Governor. Why?
Amy “Foulmouth” Brown: Amy Brown is a walking hostile work environment. Young lobbyists and staff, male and female, have long been subject to her excruciatingly detailed rants about her sex life, her body parts, etc. To give an example, young lobbyists and staffers had to listen in horror recently as she provided a group of male lawmakers every detail about “shaving her pussy.” This is a textbook hostile work environment.
Hypocrisy: Had a male acted like this, he’d face scandal. Plain and simple.
Adama “Do As I Say, Not As I Do” Iwu: It was an open secret in Sacramento that Iwu was allegedly having an affair with a powerful lawmaker. Mysteriously, the affair began when he got a powerful chairmanship, and ended when the chairmanship concluded. Some people said she was trading sex for influence.
Hypocrisy: Iwu’s behavior was completely inappropriate. It helps create the culture that she now complains of. You go girl? No. Where was the feminist empathy for the man’s wife? Where was your feminist thought, about the young female lobbyists who WEREN’T sleeping with lawmakers, and thus who didn’t get their bills treated better?
Erin “Do As I Say, Not As I Do” Norwood. When she was a little younger, Norwood aggressively courted lawmakers. Whether it was sending them naked pictures of herself via text, or propositioning and sleeping with a then-married Speaker. In other words, she had no problem making aggressive advances, many of which were unwanted. But then again society turns a blind eye against a young female blonde’s unwanted advances, because double standard much?
Hypocrisy: Now that she benefited from the environment she created, and allegedly traded sex for favors, she wishes to complain about it. It has nothing to do with the fact she’s pushing 40.

The LA Times’ Ethical Standards. When you drill it down, several of the women mentioned in the article on Raul just accused him of being a sometimes clueless single male. Who hasn’t sometimes misinterpreted a potential love interest and moved in for a kiss awkwardly? Under the LA Times’ new journalistic standards, anonymous accusations from opportunists, for things that occur daily at every high school in America, are enough to doom a good man’s career. Many of the people cited in the story subsequently gave money to Raul, asked him for political favors, etc. Did the Times question their motives and behavior and timing? No. They just piled on. The Times called dozens of people who vouched for Raul. The mix was probably 40 saying he was normal and 5-7 saying the opposite. But who in politics doesn’t have 5-7 enemies? This was a shocking lapse of editorial standards.
Hypocrisy: Will the Times look within and root out its own people who have done this? Hard working people don’t have time to date and they don’t go to places like church to get set up. Often their careers are too public to try online dating. So many date within their fields. Will the Times runs stories on its own editors and bosses who have done stupid things like moving in for a kiss somewhat awkwardly? Will it ruin their careers too?
In installment two, we will cover Christine Pelosi, Paula Treat, Samantha Corbin, and others.

Monday, November 27, 2017

Groper-Negra Resigns Immediately (Who's Next? What's Going On in Sac-Town?)

Raul Groper-Negra resigned effective today, according to numerous reports, including his own Facebook page.



This was no surprise to me. He was not going to get away with staying in office for a year as more women came forward with allegations against him for sexual assault and battery. As a staffer, he had assaulted a women, received a reprimand for his perverse behavior, and then went along climbing the political Democratic foodchain. He was supposed to be the next Speaker of the Assembly after Tony Atkins, but a little-known challenger named Patty Lopez knocked him out office in Election 2014. It was another stunning upset in Los Angeles County politics. A young outsider, not connected to any corrupt political machine, knocked out the would-be Speaker of the Assembly.

Sometimes, I wonder if Speaker Anthony Rendon and his cronies conspired to ensure that he would get knocked out, so that he would be the next in line as Speaker of the Assembly. At any rate, Bocanegra was out for one term, then roared back in 2016 to retake the Tujunga-San Fernando Valley region.

Ugh. The trash never tsops getting recycled in Sacramento.

Then the #MeToo exposés roiled Sacramento, and Bocanegra was exposed as a serial philanderer and womanizer. This is beyond disgusting. Why are we the voters, the wakeful and eventful of California learning about this now? What took so long? The Assembly Ethics Committee, chaired by Lyin' Ted Lieu at the time of Groper-Negra's indiscretions, sent him a reprimand and told him to stay away from other women.

That perverse behavior occurred a decade ago, when Bocanegra was the chief of staff for Felipe Fuentes. That same Fuentes went onto become a LA City Councilman, who would then resign early to become a lobbyist, most likely because of sexual misconduct of his own. Yes, he's a lobbyist now.

I want to add before I go into further analysis that I called this! I knew that Boca-Raton (RAT!) would have to resign following further pressure and ongoing reports, especially 8 more women coming forward to call him out for sexual perversion.

Imagine that?! The local press is actually doing it's job to some extent. The Los Angeles Times refused to let this story go, and she refused to walk away from allowing one more Democratic lawmaker get away with abusing staffers. This indiscriminate hatred of women and the natural dignity of men and women must cease, especially among our representatives.

Now, the next question arises: who's next on the #MeToo chopping block?



That's pretty easy? Tony Mendoza. The California State Senate leadership has already stripped him of his committee assignments. President Pro Tem Kevin De Leon has moved out of the home which the two state senators were sharing. De Leon is going to have his own serious problems next, of course,  as he struggles to raise major money to take on Dianne Feinstein.

Mendoza is facing more pressure to quit, since more women have come forward about his sexual improprieties, and staffers were fired from his office because they reported his inappropriate behavior. I can't see this guy surviving much longer, either. He is up for re-election, and no doubt the newly minted CA Democratic Party Chairman Eric Bauman is going to tell Mendoza to think seriously about whether he wants to continue serving in the legislature ... or not.

Mendoza is going to be gone in the next month. Merry Christmas, Californians!

The next question, which ties into something I had written previously: What's going on here? Why are we learning about this crime and corruption among these lawmakers so late in the game? Bocanegra did run for office in 2012, and he got elected, did he not? Where were the political opponents or the opposition researchers to expose this guy?

The Ethics committee did slam him for his abusive behavior. Staffers would tell the men and women working in his office to stay away from him, because Boca-Nono couldn't keep his hands to himself. "He needs to learn to not touch other people," one friend remarked. That's not acceptable!

Ten years later, and only now does Groper-Negra step down. Why?

Because there is an bitter power struggle upending the California Democratic Party, and the more Establishment, Bay Area wing of the party is beating back the Progressive, La Raza, Southern California wing of the party, simple as that. The Democratic Establishment has been leaking all this information out to the public, dragging down the more progressive wing. This is a power play, pure and simple.

The Democratic Establishment has lined up behind Gavin Newsom for Governor and Dianne Feinstein for US Senate. They want the money, the big contracts, the crony capitalism that fuels political cronies like Eric Bauman and Co. getting rich off of everyone else. They are not the idealistic leftists that the restless Bernie-crat contingent wants. But the Establishment is not going to let these pesky Latinos get in their way, right?



Bocanegra is gone, Mendoza is next, and some sources indicate that State Senator Ed Hernandez will be on the way out, too. Who's angling for power in the state legislature? More of the white establishment, with Bob Hertzberg angling to replace De Leon. Who wants Rendon's seat, I wonder?

Ian Calderon, perhaps?

Back to the turmoil following the roll-out of the salacious crimes and corruption out of Sacramento ...

These allegations of sexual assault and abuse are tying the rope tighter around Kevin De Leon and hurting his bid for US Senate against Dianne Feinstein. They will certainly knock into former LA City Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's political ambitions, too, especially since the former Mayor wants to list himself as a working man's alternative to the elite, effete Gavin Newsom.

One can only hope that the two wings of the Democratic Party tear each other apart widely enough that a Republican can sneak into the Top Two general election in 2018. At any rate, the voters and activists in the state should double-down on the #MeToo exposures and demand a full clean out of the bacchanalian stable.

For now, let's celebrate that Groper-Negra is gone, that Mendoza will be on the way out, too, and the Democratic caucuses in at least one chamber will lose their pure supermajority going into Election 2018.

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Stonewall DEMOCRATS Demand Bocanegra and Mendoza Resign NOW

Now this is crazy.

Unbelievable, but true, the LBGT left-wing Stonewall Democrats are demanding that California legislators Raul Bocanegra and Tony Mendoza resign ...

Raul needs to keep his hands to himself


NOW!

Wow!

Don't believe me?

Mendoza, too!


Check out their latest eblast--press release below:


Stonewall Democratic Club
Inspired by each other, women across the country have bravely come forward to tell their stories, building the powerful #MeToo movement. Victims have spoken out against misconduct by powerful men in entertainment, journalism, business, and politics. Women in California politics are also making their voices heard. Staffers, lobbyists, and politicians working in Sacramento have reported a pervasive environment of sexual harassment and misconduct towards women and a systemic culture of silence that stymies public disclosure.

Two prominent Democratic state legislators are, rightly, undergoing public scrutiny for their alleged behavior: Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra (D-Los Angeles) and Senator Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia). We will not be silent. Stonewall Democratic Club stands with the women who have come forward. The credible claims against these legislators cast serious doubt about their fitness to continue with the duties entrusted to them. Stonewall calls on Bocanegra and Mendoza to immediately resign from elected office.

While a staffer, Bocanegra was disciplined secretly for sexual misconduct, a fact that was withheld from constituents of the 39th Assembly district. In anticipation of new allegations reported in the Los Angeles Times, he released a written statement on Nov. 20, indicating that he will not seek reelection and that he intends to resign, effective September 1, 2018. This half-step does not suffice. Mr. Bocanegra needs to vacate his seat immediately. A man engaging in such conduct should not continue to receive a paycheck and roam the halls of the capitol.

The accusations against Mendoza are also numerous and disturbing. In addition to sexual misconduct there are at least three claims of retaliation against staffers who attempted to bring his behavior to the attention of higher-ups. An external firm has been hired to investigate the charges and steps were taken to remove Mendoza from key committees. Procedural measures will do little to restore confidence in his ability to function credibly under these circumstances. Mendoza’s constituents deserve better, as does the California Democratic Party.

Representing the people of California  is a privilege, not a right. Those who use the authority entrusted to them as a license to abuse, harass, or engage in sexual misconduct are unfit to hold public office.
Stonewall Democratic Club · 1049 Havenhurst Dr, P.O. Box 325, West Hollywood, CA 90046, United States
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Monday, November 20, 2017

Groper-Negra Calls it Quits ... Next Year

The Los Angeles Times has dropped the following, which is unsurprising, since the Times was about to publish six more allegations of sexual abuse.

Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra announces he will resign next year as Timesprepares report on new sexual harassment allegations

Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra announced he will not seek reelection Monday, citing “persistent rumors and speculation” regarding sexual harassment claims.

Notice how Bocanegra still suggests that they were "allegations", and not necessarily.

“I spent my life advocating for the Northeast Valley, fighting for a fair share for our communities and residents,” Bocanegra (D-Pacoima) said in a statement. “It is because of my deep commitment to you, residents of the 39th Assembly District, that I have made the decision to resign from the State Assembly, effective September 1, 2018, and immediately resign my leadership position. I am also suspending my campaign and will not run for re-election.”

How about resigning now, Raul?

Why wait? Why do we have to let you continue taking up space in the state assembly? How many more women will be assaulted?



The statement came as The Times was preparing a story reporting that six women had accused him of sexual harassment. The paper presented its findings to Bocanegra’s office Friday afternoon.

Bam. One wonders, however, why the public is learning about all of these perversity NOW.

Bocanegra assaulted a staffer nearly ten years ago and only NOW we are learning about this. What's going on? What took so long?

Bocanegra said he decided to resign at the end of the legislative term in order to avoid a “another costly special election in Los Angeles and ensure our community is not left without any representation in the State Assembly.”




Now he cares about cutting costs. NOW? Yet he voted to raise our gas taxes and voted to push Cap and Trade extensions?

Really?




#MeToo is taking over the California State Legislature. Good.

David Hernandez, who is running for Lieutenant Governor, has argued that all of this dirt is coming to the surface because of the ongoing fight within the Democratic Party. The white liberals and standing up to the more progressive Latinos throughout the state, especially in Southern California. Also, Bocanegra was slated to be the next Speaker of the State Assembly, but he lost his re-election bid in 2014 to Patty Lopez.

Now his career is over, period. One could suspect that current Speaker Anthony Rendon had a hand in bringing down this Democratic rival. And goodness knows there is plenty of dirt on him, too.

I suspect that Bocanegra will drop out in the next month, even though he claims that he wants to save California taxpayers the cost of a special election. Wait and see.

Friday, November 10, 2017

More #MeToo in Sacramento: Raul Bocanegra (Black Mouth) Has a Black Eye





Raul Bocanegra was reprimanded for sexual harassment in 2009.

At the time, the Chairman of the State Assembly Ethics Committee, Ted Lieu, did nothing about it, besides give him a slap on the wrist.

What?!

Check out the outrage swirling in his district now:

First Article, from the Los Angeles Times


California Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra was disciplined after a human resources investigation eight years ago, when a female Capitol staffer accused him of “inappropriate and unwelcome physical contact,” The Times has learned.

Eight years ago. How come we are only learning about this NOW?!

Elise Flynn Gyore said Bocanegra, at the time chief of staff to then-Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes, groped her and followed her in a manner she found threatening at an after-work event attended by legislators, staff and lobbyists.

“He menaced me that evening,” Gyore said in an interview, speaking publicly about the 2009 incident for the first time. She said the encounter left her so distraught that she filed a human resources complaint the following day.

A weeks-long investigation by independent attorneys hired by the Legislature concluded that “it is more likely than not that Bocanegra engaged in behavior that night which does not meet the Assembly’s expectations for professionalism,” according to a June 22, 2009, letter from the Assembly Rules Committee reviewed by the Los Angeles Times.

The letter, signed by the Assembly’s then-chief administrative officer, barred Bocanegra from subsequently communicating with Gyore and promised “additional appropriate action to help ensure there are no recurring issues.”

The Assemblyman apologized on Friday after being asked about Gyore.

“This unfortunate experience I was involved in as a staffer nearly 10 years ago was something I regret and learned from. As to the complaint filed, I fully cooperated with the investigation and after a comprehensive review by an independent body, which included interviews of over a dozen witnesses, the investigation was closed,” Bocanegra, 46, said in a statement.

“I will work closely with my colleagues to ensure all processes involving sexual harassment are handled properly and fairly and that no woman or man who has been harassed is retaliated against by members or staff,” said Bocanegra, who is not married. “Again, I’m deeply regretful about putting someone in this position and I want to apologize most sincerely.”

He is sorry now? We need to get new leadership and representation in Sacramento. "I'm sorry" has become all too easy for corrupt and perverted people to get away with all kinds of sexual battery and abuse.

This statement stands out very strongly to me:

“This is becoming ridiculous,” she said. “I’m tired of being quiet to protect bad actors. I’m tired of that. As women, we’re tired of that.”

Good. Stop covering up for the crap, and speak out the truth!



Second Article, from the Los Angeles Times:


A group led by San Fernando Valley-area activists is calling for California Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra to resign following revelations that, as a top legislative aide eight years ago, he was disciplined after being accused of groping another staffer.

I wish I had known about this event.

I would have been there!

Pushing a stroller with her infant son, Tujunga resident Victoria Garcia marched into Bocanegra's Arleta office Wednesday with about a dozen other local residents and told the Democrat's staff their boss should resign.

"We're all disappointed, we're disgusted," Garcia told two Bocanegra staffers who met the group. "We don't feel that he's fit to represent us anymore."


Former Assemblywoman Patty Lopez also appeared at the event, which consisted of about half a dozen people standing on the sidewalk outside Bocanegra's office, taking turns speaking out against the assemblyman or the issue of harassment.

Wow! Patty Lopez is still fighting in her home district, even though the Democratic Party establishment did everything they could to push her out!

Lopez, who ousted Bocanegra in a surprise 2014 victory and then was defeated in a rematch last fall, didn't speak at the event because she said she didn't want her appearance outside his office to distract from the issue of harassment at the Capitol.

"It's not about me. I'm here to support the women," Lopez said. "People are still scared to speak out."

Of course they are scared! No one wants to lose their job and lose their career!

No one! I understand that sentiment, although harassment falls into a different 

Then we have the corrupt Chairman of the California Democratic Party, who himself was accused of molesting children:

Party leader Eric Bauman said Bocanegra must "come to terms" over whether he can continue serving. He stopped short of indicating the assemblyman should step down and suggested that Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount) should help Bocanegra decide "what his future is going to be."

Oh brother! Yes, we will trust the foxes to run the henhouse. Yeah, sure, whatever ...

"I think Assemblyman Bocanegra needs to look into his own heart and decide what he's going to do," Bauman said.

Both Bauman and California Republican Party Chairman Jim Brulte, who appeared together at a Sacramento Press Club luncheon Wednesday, said their parties have zero-tolerance policies on sexual harassment.

No they do not. This cannot be an issue about political parties, but about principles. Let's face it: the Democratic Party has been pushing sexual anarchy for decades, and now we are seeing the results of this corrupt, disgusting behavior.

Enough is enough.

Brulte said he supports an independent review process, free of partisanship, to look into allegations of harassment in the Legislature.

Good idea.

Dozens of women have spoken out in recent weeks about sexual harassment in the Capitol, describing an atmosphere where unwanted touching and remarks are commonplace.

This has to stop. I cannot believe this much crap and corruption has been overwhelming the state legislature. This is unbelievable. I know that evil lurks the flesh of all men, but that so much would be overwhelming our own representative class? This is just too much.



Here is an editorial from the Los Angeles Daily News:



Entrusted to represent and serve the public, elected officials must be held to high ethical and moral standards.

Last week, the details of a 2009 sexual assault by Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra, D-Pacoima, were made public by his victim, Elise Flynn Gyore.

In light of this revelation, Bocanegra cannot be taken seriously as a representative of the people who elected him without this knowledge, and we ask that he step down immediately.

This is the liberal-leaning Southern California News Group publishing this statement.

Could the outrage be any more stark on this matter?

Finally, the double-standard on misconduct and impropriety is getting taken down a notch.

Final Reflection

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1905232717/429047_392095550802173_392095074135554_1601905_1507493148_n_normal.jpgThis hatred of personal respect and honor needs to be destroyed. We cannot have representation which refuses to honor the concerns and care for all staffers--male and female.

Draining the swamp is not just about financial corruption, but more corruption, too.

Bocanegra has a black eye from these revelations. Enough is enough.

He needs to go.