False Claims Act is needed at the City of Modesto

False Claims Act is needed at the City of Modesto
By Mayor Carmen Sabatino
November 19th, 2018

Consider the following headlines that appeared in the Modesto Bee…

Modesto council poised to hire its first auditor in eight years - April 01, 2018

Why claims of racism, grand jury probe made their way into Modesto council meeting - October 10, 2018

Fraud, waste and abuse.’ Modesto auditor’s review of road project sparks controversy - October 24, 2018

All appearances point to separation between Modesto, in-house auditor - November 14th 2018

Modesto agrees to pay city auditor $225,000 to resign after several months on the job - November 16th, 2018

I personally spoke many time before council on fraud, waste - abuse most recently on November 13th, 2018 – it fell on deaf ears.