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Please attend speak today Chula Vista City Council
NON AGENDA 6 - ANDREA CARDENAS STEP DOWN!
https:// pub- chulavista. escribemeetings. com/ Meeting. aspx? Id= 040a3908- f3df- 421f- a874- f8f0bc258be0& Agenda= Agenda& lang= English
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PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY 4PM
City Hall 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista
CARDENAS SIBLINGS PLEADED NOT GUILTY NOV 9 2023
MAYOR AND COUNCIL PRECIADO CALL FOR ANDREA CARDENAS RESIGN https:// www. thestarnews. com/ mayor- cardenas- must- go/ Andrea Cardenas CHARGED MONEY LAUNDERING
https:// voiceofsandiego. org/ 2023/ 11/ 04/ politics- report- how- big- will- the- cardenas- fallout- be/ WrittenCommunications
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PDF - SAN DIEGO DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARGES FILING
https:// voiceofsandiego. org/ wp- content/ uploads/ 2023/ 11/ DAclaimscardenas. pdf Cardenas siblings have worked for consulting clients who have financial interests before the same government entities where the candidates ran for office, including marijuana dispensaries, developers, and the San Diego County Deputy Sheriffs' union. https:// laprensa. org/ massive- campaign- cheating- scheme- run- democratic- consultants Two Questions:
1. WHY DID FEDS ALLOW COVID FUNDS FOR POLITICAL OPERATIVES? Aside from criminal charge of claiming cannabis employees as part of Grassroots Resource Democrat consulting firm owned by Council Andrea Cardenas brother Jesus Cardenas; OUR
TAXES APPROVED BY FEDS PPP COVID RELIEF FUNDS PAID POLITICAL PARTY OPERATIVE GRASSROOTS FOR THEIR ELECTION WINS! WHILE BUSINESSES SUFFERED FORCED CLOSED BY
POLITICIANS AND STILL FORCED PAY TAXES FUNDING DEMOCRAT POLITICAL OPERATIVES TO WIN ELECTIONS!
https:// www. sandiegouniontribune. com/ news/ watchdog/ story/ 2022- 09- 17/ chula- vista- andrea- cardenas- campaign- complaint
2. WHY WERE CANNABIS EMPLOYEES LISTED FOR PPP RELIEF WHEN CANNABIS DISPENSARIES WERE LISTED ESSENTIAL BUSINESS THAT NEVER LOCKED DOWN?
THE CRIMINAL CHARGE NOT FILED USING CANNABIS EMPLOYEES ON BUSINESSES NEVER CLOSED TO GAIN PPP LOANS. So many businesses were ordered to close, yet taxes never stopped. While many businesses forced closed, people lost jobs yet all still had to pay sales tax, property tax and city permits. Small rentals forced to keep tenants that could not pay rent; yet the rental owners still had to pay tax and permits. Government collected all our taxes for paying their workforce even when city services paused while many private business lost everything and shuttered permanently.
https:// covid19. ca. gov/ img/ EssentialCriticalInfrastructureWorkers. pdf WrittenCommunications
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ANDREA CARDENAS CONFLICT INTEREST
MUST RECUSE ANY BUSINESS PERMIT DECISION
DID NOT RECUSE = CANNABIS BUSINESS DENIED PERMIT SUES
https:// voiceofsandiego. org/ 2022/ 08/ 08/ already- a-mess- chula- vistas- capricious- cannabis- permit- process- scrambled- even- more- by- court- ruling/
ANDREA CARDENAS DISTRICT TWO CANNABIS DISPENSARIES APPROVED
LOCATED IN SAME PARKING LOT TWO BLOCKS FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HHSA SERVICESDOWN THE STREETIS SURROUNDED BY HOMELESS TENTS 1208 Broadway https:// e7ca. com/ our- locations/ chula- vista/ 1214 Broadway https:// www. harvesthoc. com/ locations/ california/ chula- vista/ harvest- of- chula- vista/
HHSA ENCOURAGE DRUG TENTS NEXT TO SCHOOL AND PARK
https:// sandiegocounty. gov/ content/ sdc/ hhsa/ facilities/ south/ south_ region_ public_ health_ ce WrittenCommunications
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HARBORSIDE PARK CLOSED FOR OVER A YEAR
https:// www. kusi. com/ chula- vista- considers- closing- harborside- park- due- to- out- of- control- homeless- situation/
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DUE TO CRIME CHULA VISTA TARGET BROADWAY IN THE
SAME PARKING AS CANNABIS DISPENSARIES LOCKS UP $ 3 SOAP The Harbor Collective dispensary in Barrio Logan is one of San Diego’ s earliest legal WrittenCommunications
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marijuana dispensaries; it is permitted by the city and was listed as a client of Grassroots Resources in financial disclosures submitted by Cardenas." https:// www. sandiegouniontribune. com/ news/ watchdog/ story/ 2023- 02- 25/ jesus- cardenas- to- close- grassroots- resources
Chula Vista Cannabis Regulation
0501 B.4. c. " An individual or entity with an ownership interest of 10% or more in a cannabis business may only be associated with ONE RETAIL LICENSE APPLICATION PER COUNCIL DISTRICT"
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Date: Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 5:22 PM
Subject: Call for Cardenas Resignation - Press Conference Tues.
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Chula Vista
Press
Conference
and
Council
Meeting
Andrea
Cardenas needs
to be removed
from her
SANDAG
appointment
and replaced by
Mayor John
McCann
Preciado and
Chavez should
not be
appointed to
SANDAG as
they are
connected to
Jesus Cardenas
also. Gonzalez
is too short
term to have our
best interest.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact- Russ Hall ( 619) 742- 8365
COMMUNITY LEADERS TO DEMAND RESIGNATION
OF CHULA VISTA CITY COUNCILMEMBER ANDREA
CARDENAS
Chula Vista, CA – Chula Vista community members will hold a press conference to call for the immediate resignation of Chula Vista City Councilmember Andrea Cardenas. The
press conference is scheduled for Nov. 14 at 4 pm in front of the Chula Vista City Hall, located at 276 Fourth Ave., Chula Vista, CA, 91910.
This call to action comes in light of recent indictments by the San Diego County District Attorney, charging Andrea
Cardenas and her brother Jesus Cardenas with multiple
felonies related to fraudulent activity involving COVID- 19 relief funds. The siblings are accused of misappropriating approximately $ 176, 000 in federal funds provided to
Grassroots Resources, a political consulting firm founded by Jesus Cardenas.
The charges include conspiring to defraud the federal
government of COVID- 19 relief funds allocated through the Paycheck Protection Program, intended to support
businesses and their employees during the pandemic.
Instead, these funds were allegedly used for personal gain, with Andrea Cardenas accused of directing $ 35,000 to her personal checking account and subsequently transferring 33,500 to her council campaign account.
Chula Vista deserves representatives who serve with
integrity and uphold the public trust,” said Russ Hall, a lifelong Chula Vista resident.
The alleged actions of Councilmember Cardenas are a
betrayal to our community and a misuse of vital pandemic relief funds intended to support struggling businesses and families. We cannot stand by and allow this gross
misconduct to go unanswered.”
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Community members are encouraged to attend the press
conference and stand in solidarity with Hall and other
leaders in demanding accountability and the resignation of Andrea Cardenas from the Chula Vista City Council
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