{"id":2358,"date":"2020-01-29T11:30:34","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T18:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2358"},"modified":"2020-01-29T15:15:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T22:15:43","slug":"senator-brian-jones-rips-into-democrat-plan-to-gift-136k-in-tax-dollars-to-a-meth-addict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2358","title":{"rendered":"Senator Brian Jones Rips into Democrat Plan to Gift $136K in Tax Dollars to a Meth Addict"},"content":{"rendered":"

Democrat politicians and appointees of Newsom team up with Becerra to double compensation awarded by neutral hearing officer<\/em><\/p>\n

Sacramento – Senator Brian Jones (R-Santee), during a debate on the Senate Floor this morning, ripped into Senate Bill 417, a measure that would gift $136,000 to a meth addict who was caught trying to escape from parole in Kern County.<\/p>\n

The case involved Moonshadow Naomi Taggart, a meth addict with multiple drug violations who violated the parole requirements of the Kern County Sheriff’s Department in 2015. A jury subsequently convicted Taggart of escape, however her conviction was overturned by an Appeals Court on a technicality.<\/p>\n

Taggart sought compensation from the California Victim Compensation Board for time served on the so-called “false” conviction of escape. The Compensation Board’s civil service hearing officer recommended Taggart be awarded $62,860 for the extra days in jail she served.<\/p>\n

However, Democrat Attorney General Xavier Becerra sent a deputy to pressure the three Democrat members of the Compensation Board (Julie Lee, Secretary of the Government Operations Agency; Betty Yee, Controller; and Michael Tubbs, Mayor of Stockton).<\/p>\n

Magically, the Compensation Board rejected the decision by their own hearing officer and raised the compensation amount for Taggart to $136,780.<\/p>\n

“This whole case smells,” stated Senator Jones. “I believe in second chances for those seeking redemption, but gifting $136,000 in taxpayer funds to a meth addict under these circumstances is simply wrong.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

SB 417 was approved by the Senate on a party line vote of 29 – 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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