{"id":8547,"date":"2022-04-07T14:13:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T21:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8547"},"modified":"2022-04-07T11:19:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T18:19:26","slug":"an-update-on-the-sandag-audit-%f0%9f%91%80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8547","title":{"rendered":"An Update on the SANDAG Audit \ud83d\udc40"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published by the Office of County Supervisor Jim Desmond<\/p>\n<p>It just keeps getting worse for SANDAG as a new report shows, &#8216;Staff dined at places such as Rei Do Gado, Donovan\u2019s steakhouse, and the U.S. Grant Hotel restaurant.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/YTfh2IA1YyHEG7OZd3ApLT0Ko_x51HXCgDIUFsSdPLOU3elmTufUq1CPawstWK1p286dslgkNI2NLzjq1B8LwswNH_PSDMBCm6Og5HaWjcNvGFhNG9FgwOTbSA4fwl49zSVtfP-IhOX9omVN4YAPAS2EkGYQZJsVdyIW6v1_tGFWa0f_mq83qnlhzkOIU4U-MQ=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/assets.nationbuilder.com\/desmond\/mailings\/418\/attachments\/original\/Screen_Shot_2022-04-07_at_9.54.02_AM.png?1649351927\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This comes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supervisordesmond.com\/r?u=Q30FXGVW0jM869rtjtmONLFwarReeJ_TCMMCmdRPmc68ryemF2K8kR7r6m56jg7Cobb92UM0lVkdx0_nwT1BGcYh1t3X91qrnUbZkOqCHO0mQDdHPJ3k5km1xJQ3AkwS&amp;e=cf9d270d427b495fd80badcdeab29a39&amp;utm_source=desmond&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=sandagauditupdate&amp;n=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.supervisordesmond.com\/r?u%3DQ30FXGVW0jM869rtjtmONLFwarReeJ_TCMMCmdRPmc68ryemF2K8kR7r6m56jg7Cobb92UM0lVkdx0_nwT1BGcYh1t3X91qrnUbZkOqCHO0mQDdHPJ3k5km1xJQ3AkwS%26e%3Dcf9d270d427b495fd80badcdeab29a39%26utm_source%3Ddesmond%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dsandagauditupdate%26n%3D3&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649438893307000&amp;usg=AOvVaw298Mt_EPuCzSjThX7g2I2v\">after an independent audit<\/a>\u00a0found that over the past four years of credit card purchases, SANDAG spent over $2,485,001 of taxpayer dollars on their procurement card.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/ysY2EWp2nTNGMfzXbJEyJeqQ6b5DpAtrCvbJfHYXHaEJ9lhVgudluBUCcE6XJCONOHB7KDhvHTIL2NfqYz3B-rYXBu-rxN2szLtJGGOsamnLRaCT4fZbMqDQ4mjxLYB_HHoX73Dp3fki0hmjtSdvllfNnfXIDE1I7td-2I_0cFrrF4GbKY4gpdoTE61Kr8dMaA=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/assets.nationbuilder.com\/desmond\/mailings\/418\/attachments\/original\/Screen_Shot_2022-03-17_at_7.51.27_AM.png?1647528764\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s more from the audit:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The auditor noted, $99.95 for a Target gift card for a monthly prize gift card, $306.53 at the Kimpton Palomar Hotel for a one-night stay for an interview candidate, $1,250 spent on Target gift cards for \u201cSurvey Incentives\u201d, $549.74 at Panera Bread for an \u201cAll Hands\u201d staff meeting, and Draft Regional Plan debrief for all staff on May 29, 2021, while a large portion of SANDAG staff was still telecommuting and not in the main downtown office.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Audit: SANDAG improperly used credit cards to spend taxpayer money\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bIbHjp4nmRM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I thought Carlsbad Mayor Matt Hall summed it up best,\u00a0\u201cManagement, you really dropped the ball on this one. Anytime you\u2019re dealing with public funds, and we find out that after a period of time this much money can\u2019t be accounted for, that doesn\u2019t say much for this establishment\u2019s leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We will see if anything comes of this, as I believe these payments need to be looked into more. I will keep you updated if this story develops.<\/p>\n<p>San Diego County District 5 Supervisor Jim Desmond<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.supervisordesmond.com\/?e=cf9d270d427b495fd80badcdeab29a39&amp;utm_source=desmond&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=sandagauditupdate&amp;n=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.supervisordesmond.com\/?e%3Dcf9d270d427b495fd80badcdeab29a39%26utm_source%3Ddesmond%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dsandagauditupdate%26n%3D7&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649438893308000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3TMqJyB4Hz_uA0G9b90NVo\">http:\/\/www.supervisordesmond.<wbr \/>com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published by the Office of County Supervisor Jim Desmond It just keeps getting worse for SANDAG as a new report shows, &#8216;Staff dined at places such as Rei Do Gado, Donovan\u2019s steakhouse, and the U.S. Grant Hotel restaurant.&#8217; This comes\u00a0after an independent audit\u00a0found that over the past four years of credit card purchases, SANDAG spent&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - 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