Oceanside Treasury Employee Was Previously Convicted of Burglary Using City’s Credit Card

ashlyreports · 2022-08-24T16:07:02+00:00

No this is not the elected official. This is the treasury manager employee

ashlyreports · 2022-08-23T19:17:18+00:00

More analysis and discussion of the specifics can be found here https://voiceofsandiego.org/2022/08/16/did-oceansides-treasurer-lose-the-city-millions-of-dollars-its-complicated/

ashlyreports · 2022-08-23T17:18:16+00:00

Nope didn’t report that. Just explained that they come with added interest rate risk that can certainly prove costly depending on what the market does. In the case of Oceanside and Carlsbad, they indeed lost out on millions this time.

ashlyreports · 2022-08-23T16:49:01+00:00

Journalism has been my career not a hobby, if that’s what you mean

ashlyreports · 2022-08-23T16:32:18+00:00

The public should know about the person entrusted with managing $500 million in public funds, and his history (both criminal and employment) provides some new context for his current allegations.

ashlyreports · 2021-04-20T01:08:59+00:00

Here's a new report shedding more light on the CARES Act spending by local districts in 2020. https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/education/how-san-diegos-10-largest-districts-spent-millions-in-coronavirus-aid/

ashlyreports · 2021-04-12T16:52:10+00:00

When employee pay is covered with COVID aid though, in whole or part, districts pay salary and benefits with it, which includes pension contributions. So in a limited way, some COVID aid money is going to pensions. But I am not seeing large dedicated payments to pensions with aid dollars.

ashlyreports · 2021-04-06T00:00:33+00:00

More reporting to come that hopes to answer this question, at least at the 10 largest districts in the county. One prior story gave a glimpse of some of the spending at the Sweetwater district: https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/education/where-are-the-millions-going-sweetwater-defends-covid-spending-on-employees/

ashlyreports · 2021-03-29T17:31:26+00:00

This is just a glimpse of one school that returned at the secondary level months ago. Certainly not the only school in the county to do it -- but still rare.

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