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When you\u2019ve lost the LA Times, Sacramento Bee and Fresno Bee editorial boards, you know things have taken a turn for the worse, if you\u2019re a California Democrat. These papers are out with scathing pieces today, criticizing Democrat Assemblywoman Mia Bonta\u2019s unethical appointment by Speaker Anthony Rendon to chair the budget subcommittee that oversees funding for Attorney General Rob Bonta\u2019s Department of Justice. Oh, and Attorney General Bonta just happens to be Assemblywoman Bonta\u2019s husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The LA Times breaks down why this appointment is a conflict of interest for the Bontas,\u00a0saying<\/a>\u00a0\u201cHaving Bonta chair the budget subcommittee that is responsible for proposing and overseeing the funding of her spouse\u2019s agency is inappropriate because it can create the perception of preferential treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since the appointment was first\u00a0exposed<\/a>\u00a0by KCRA last week, Rendon and Asm. Bonta have doubled down on defending the appointment. Asm. Bonta even went so far as to gaslight anyone who questions the conflict of interest,\u00a0calling<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0their assertions sexist and racist:<\/p>\n

\u201cAlmost within my lifetime there would have been the \u2018appearance of impropriety\u2019 for me to marry my husband of a different racial background. I\u2019m certain a woman voting \u2018appeared improper\u2019 as well in our recent history\u2026 There certainly are many examples in our legislative history where policy and budget chairs had spouses serving in another branch of government. Yet, I wonder if the reason I am being asked these questions is because I am a female legislator.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not only was the reporter who broke the story a\u00a0\u201cbilingual Latina with a parent who immigrated here from another country,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0but the Sacramento Bee and Fresno Bee editorial boards correctly\u00a0\u00a0pointed out<\/a>\u00a0of Bonta\u2019s pathetic finger pointing, \u201cIt is neither a racist nor a misogynistic question to query Mia Bonta about that conflict of interest, and to insinuate that it might be is a shocking abstention of the Bontas\u2019 ethical duty to the people of California.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, this isn\u2019t the first time the Bontas have been in the spotlight for improper dealings between the two. CalMatters\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0in 2020\u00a0that<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u201cover several years when he was an Assembly member Rob Bonta steered more than half a million dollars to three community nonprofits that employed his wife, either directly through donations from his campaign funds and a foundation he created, or indirectly by asking companies such as Google to donate to those nonprofits.\u201d<\/p>\n

It seems the Bontas didn\u2019t learn from their previous mistakes.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpeaker Rendon never should have made this appointment. Assemblywoman Bonta never should have accepted it. It\u2019s as simple as that. And to continue to dig in and defend this decision, despite the ethical questions that have been raised, is unthinkable. The conflict of interest in the latest chapter of self-dealing between the Bontas speaks for itself. Assemblywoman Bonta should resign from this committee and owes those she needlessly called racist and sexist for accurately scrutinizing the appointment an apology.\u201d<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 CAGOP Chairwoman Jessica Millan Patterson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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