Chula Vista City Councilmember Andrea Cardenas and her brother, Jesus Cardenas, have been charged with felony counts of conspiracy to commit a crime, money laundering and other charges stemming from an alleged fraudulent loan for their political consulting business. Then, Palomar Health is being sued for allegedly suppressing a public official’s speech. One of its directors says the health district threatened to sanction her for speaking to the media. And how a San Diego program brings healthy meals from the ocean to hunger relief nonprofits.
The felony charges against Jesus Cardenas and Andrea Cardenas relate to some $176,000 in federal COVID-19 relief funds provided to their political consulting firm Grassroots Resources through the Paycheck Protection Program