[On Feb. 1 we received this lengthy comment from Santa Ana Police Officer Manuel “Manny” Delgadillo, on Vern Nelson’s story about the planned recall of Councilmembers Jessie Lopez and Thai Viet Phan entitled “Big Bad Serrano Targets Some More Young Santa Ana Ladies.” Officer Delgadillo is the Downtown Business Liaison Officer, and a 28-year member of the Santa Ana POA (Police Union.)
We reprint Manny’s comment here to get it more attention, and to emphasize that not all Santa Ana law enforcement opposes these two fine councilwomen or considers them “hardcore anti-public safety” as Gerry Serrano puts it.]
We will let the readers decide if this dead-end RECALL is really about rent control. We believe they’ll see that this RECALL only came about after Council Members Jessie Lopez and Thai Viet Phan voted against the police contract, and more to the point, due to the SAPOA’s contract failure.
As all SAPOA Members are aware, our association is currently attempting to recall Council Members Lopez and Phan. I consider this a futile and last-ditch effort to try and intimidate our City Council Members – an idea whose time is long gone. Our SAPOA is headed down a dead end with this strategy, at cost so far of $25,000. The only bright side of this I see is that maybe now newly elected Mayor Valerie Amezcua will finally break away from SAPOA control and show some support to her colleagues.
Our SAPOA President, Gerry Serrano, has been seeking a pension increase for himself, for some time now. The City of Santa Ana told him no. The CALPERs board told him no. Pull up the April 19, 2022 CALPERS Board meeting where he tried to plead his case only to get shut down repeatedly – it was a total embarrassment. If that wasn’t enough, his numerous frivolous lawsuits against the City of Santa Ana have all been dismissed.
Here is a portion of a letter from the Santa Ana City Manager Kristine Ridge about our contract dated December 29, 2022:
“One glaringly absent bit of information in these communications is that the term of the imposed offer expires the end of the month. The City’s labor negotiation team stands ready to engage in good faith negotiations with your duly elected representatives at any time. To date no request for a meet and confer has been received – only threats of further frivolous litigation, a potential recall campaign, and an unsuccessful effort to obtain a temporary restraining order that would prevent the processing of the wage increase. The only request, just recently received, is for an agreement to give more leave hours to the union president at the expense of the association.”
Here it is, in a nutshell – the reason our contract negotiations failed. From my readings, our SAPOA failed to file fact-finding by the deadline and canceled negotiations one day before. (See City Staff Report dated December 20, 2022.)
- One, the earlier lawsuits failed and Serrano thought he would be able to use those as negotiation chips.
- Two, SAPOA thought the council votes were in the bag. One does not risk all of the SAPOA Members benefits earned over years on a failed strategy for one member to stay at the helm all for a higher pension.
- Three, the SAPOA used regressive and dilatory bargaining tactics. (Bargaining in Bad Faith)
Our SAPOA President is under the impression that his political connections are due to him, when in fact politicians gravitate towards an association with a healthy PAC Fund, not because our president has a “nice personality.” I could be the Hunchback of Notre Dame and all the politicians would have dinner with me knowing I had PAC money for re-election.
I would like to share a few excerpts from letters over the last few years from our SAPOA to the City of Santa and decide for oneself who really wants more money.
1. Letter dated September 28, 2020 … “In addition, the PAAL Coordinator is the perfect scenario on where the Association Representative can be assigned and the work is commensurate with police liaison….”
2. Letter Dated October 22, 2020…… “Although, I am open to the Homelessness Administrator position, at $15,416 is not much of an increase…”
3. Letter dated July 15, 2021 ……. “In particular, would you brief the Council on the idea of creating a job position in the City that would pay Gerry what he is paid today….. In addition, would you discuss with Council the possibility of a settlement of outstanding claims held by Gerry in an amount that would allow the purchase of an annuity…”
What does this tell the SAPOA Membership? Who’s Zooming who?
There was the Council Woman Cecilia Iglesias Recall – How much did THAT cost?
There was the money spent against Mayor Vincent Sarmiento‘s campaign for County Supervisor – WHY?
There was the money spent on the Serrano’s CALPERs failed pension spike. (That’s how it’s referred to in the newspapers!)
There’s the attorney fees our SAPOA still has to pay for the lawsuits against the City of Santa Ana. Who knows how much that will be? These may break our Association.
Why the donations to Anaheim Councilman Avelino Valencia? Why, when he does nothing for us?
Is it safe say it is time for a change of the leadership at our Santa Ana Police Officers Association, E-Board included? YES!
All this money is spent on failed strategies, and officers have to go to Norm’s and Denny’s on Thanksgiving and Christmas because the SAPOA is paying for it. Well, take the meal, because our SAPOA is going to need it to pay all the attorney fees!
As a 28-year member of the department and the SAPOA, I can tell you this situation our current SAPOA Administration has us in is far from over. We are not winning anytime soon.
Respectfully,
Manuel Delgadillo
Officer Delgadillo’s arguments are both weak and hypocritical.
It is a well known fact that he is able to secure his soft position working downtown through his relationship with Chief Valentin while the real work of protecting the citizens is done through the other men and women of the SAPOA.
It is absolutely laughable that Officer Delgadillo argues about costs when the Officer booked over $124,000 in taxpayer funded Overtime Salary. This is a matter of public record, and a full report was sent to Council in July 2022.
The report shows how only a few officers, all with ties to Chief Valentin, are getting the bulk of overtime compensation.
Finally, a few facts –
The Board of Trustees voted for the recall
The recall is comprised of citizens committee from Santa Ana and is lead by the Citizens
The signatories of the recall must be registered in the two wards
The last election for the POA President gave Gerry Serrano a clear margin of victory
The current so-called lawsuit against the City is a petition not a lawsuit. The petition claims the City in their December 20, 2022 voted violated the City Charter. This is very serious matter.
Perhaps the Officer should spend his time understanding the rule of law and what he has sworn to uphold and protect before putting up his opinion that only creates a question of his police performance.
It’s easy to pop up and say somebody’s “arguments are weak” and then write a few paragraphs so that a quick reader will think you demonstrated that the guy’s arguments were weak.
But what are Delgadillo’s arguments? Looks to me like he considers this recall, and a whole shitload of other stuff Serrano has done in recent years, are a big waste of the union’s money, and that at this rate the union could go broke soon. And that the main motivation for Serrano’s actions is boosting his pension above all else, which most officers and voters of Santa Ana shouldn’t give a damn about. And that the stated reasons for recalling Jessie and Thai are BS and they don’t deserve to be recalled. And that he hopes Mayor Valerie steps up on the right side.
And I don’t see any of that refuted in this comment.
This alleged “victor d mendez” seems motivated by jealousy that this 28-year veteran gets a lot of overtime, doing a job (downtown business liaison) that a lot of other officers wished they had.
Just some quick observations; but Officer Delgadillo can defend himself if he wants.
I had guessed, as readers may have, that Victor is a Serrano-supporting policeman; pero no! He was a failed 2020 Council candidate who was supported by Serrano’s POA, and beaten by reformist Johnathan Hernandez. He probably wishes the POA were also recalling Johnathan.
https://www.ocregister.com/2020/10/24/q-a-with-santa-ana-candidates-for-ward-5-council-seat/
Why is it hypocritical for him to have booked overtime and been paid an overtime salary when that it provided for in the agreement?
Are you arguing that he in some way faked his overtime? Well, you can make the charge — and I’ll guess that his attorney would know how to find you.
Maybe Chief Valentin wants more hours from the officers who are least likely to act in a way that exposes the city to expensive police brutality lawsuits and/or who have the best rapport with the community? Just a guess.
The arguments Delgadillo makes were taken directly from the Council report of December 20, 2022.
They are not original, and such are weak. It is nothing more than a cut and paste job.
You should know the vote on that report may have violated the City Charter, which is in effect the City’s Constitution and there is a court hearing to determine if the Council did in fact violate the Charter.
As for my council candidacy, it would be great if you could live in the present versus the past.
How many votes Vern did you get when you ran for Council?
Or, did you ever run and instead stand on the sidelines and criticize those that do?
As for TR once said, it is not the critic who counts but the credit goes to the Man in the arena.
No true words were ever spoken.
Btw, I have worked with Herrnandez on many issues since and supported many of his efforts,
Also, for the record I am against the recall and have written a letter to the Council formally opposing it.
I also supported Sarimiento for County Supervisor and generate more than a few hundred votes for him,
I live in Ward 3 and will not be signing the petition, but you and this post may have given me reason to rethink my position.
I am retired and disabled but $128,000 in overtime is excess, but if you think the taxpayers should foot the bill, you are welcome to that position.
I stand with taxpayers in keeping City expenses low and support the Constitution of the City in overturning the vote on the Last Final and Best Offer of December 20, 2022.
As for Serrano’s pension, the basis is for the precedent was set with prior POA Presidents going back decades. The dispute over his pension is what he is being offered and what has been the historical practice of the City.
He is entitled to litigate what he thinks is right, unless you believe Serrano has no legal right to defend himself and his family.
Vern, you really need to get with reality and be more open to facts versus entrenching yourself in the confines of your own blog.
If you want to me to send the publish letter I sent to the Council, I would be happy to send it over.
Well, nobody would ever guess you oppose the recall going by your first comment. You are not very clear.
What is the problem with writing something that recaps arguments made by the city? Personally, I appreciate it; I would not likely have seen them otherwise.
Can you provide the gist of (or a link to) the argument that Santa Ana violated its city charter by, uh … filing a report? If Santa Ana has a “do not file reports” provision in its charter, I’m either surprised or … I’ll chalk it up to Pulido.
I’d say that when one city employee can largely control who is elected to the city government, the city has a right to defend itself in search of something more democratic.
I’d like to see the document you say you have.
P.S. I’ve gotten about 220,000 votes running while in Orange County, so don’t @ me.
What I find interesting is that after all is said and done our mayor still has close ties to Gerry. Look at her FB, she’s with him and Ernie Conde’s wife at the women in leadership conference, why? Isn’t he on medical leave? Why is he performing duties with the mayor if he’s on stress leave?
I voted for Val, she was the only saving grace this city has but I hope and pray that she looks to god to lead her in this horrific mess one of her close allies has put her in. She claims there’s a cancer running within the SAPD but I think she forgot that Serrano promised to burn the city to the ground and that means taking his friend Val with him.
Victor Mendez means well but he’s all over the place with his “given” facts. He forgot to mention that Serrano spiked his pay by $200,000 in a few years.
Imagine how many other police officers are sitting fuming over their use of funds to defend someone that isn’t even defending the association. All his memos are “poor me, someone help me”. Never once has it been about his fellow officers.
Read his email he sent to the entire city about the Riverside fallen officer. If that doesn’t make you want to turn your back on this man then you’re a sucker. Again, he has zero respect for anyone, not even a fallen officer and his family. It’s worth the read but you’ll be sick to your stomach after.
Thanks. Here is that.
From: Gerry Serrano; Motsick, Jason ; Vamezcua@santa-ana.org; jessielopez@santa-ana.org; Hernandez, Johnathan ; pbacerra@santa-ana.org; Phan, Thai ; dpenaloza@santa-ana.org; bvazquez@santa-ana.org; Gerry Serrano
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2023 10:11 AM
To: Figueroa, Ramon
Cc: cgoldwasser@goldwasser-law.com; Corey Glave
Subject: FW: Funeral for Riverside Sheriff’s Department Deputy Darnell Calhoun
Mr. Figueroa,
I have received numerous complaints reference chief David Valentin’s below email dated January 17th. It is perceived this is not voluntary and in fact, many fear they will be retaliated against if they do not attend. Valentin has directed all, unless 929, to respond to the police department at 7 AM on Saturday and a charter bus has been contracted. What are the costs and budgeted amounts for all these outside the city events Valentin has demanded since chief?
If you read his message which talks about unless you are “man down (929)” and that since chief I have only missed two funerals clearly makes all believe this is mandatory. Never mind the countless funerals he missed prior to becoming chief, his statements can only be taken as a directive. Then his final statement that “our mission” will be briefed only confirms the mandatory nature of this event. Our mission is to serve the citizens of Santa Ana period. What other mission is he referring to?
It is without question, that all of our hearts go out to the officer, family and police department killed in the line of duty and the Association absolutely supports voluntary attendance to pay respect to the officer tragically murdered, but Valentin’s continued abuse of tax payer dollars (city resources) to use these tragic events as a venue to parade our officers in other cities in uniform as if he were a dictator of a military army is shameful. For the city to continue to allow the use of city resources for his own personal agenda in this and abuse of press releases to solely pump his ego is shameful. Should city resources be used freely by Valentin in this way?
The Association respectfully request that the city address this by stopping the misuse of city resources for Valentin’s personal agendas and make it clear that this is voluntary for all those attending on their own personal time. Also, that the city resources by way of press releases not be used for his personal agenda but for what they were intended for, the notification of the community on critical business items.
The Association patiently awaits your response to this formal complaint on misuse of city resources and mandating response to this event without pay by David Valentin.
Respectfully,
GS
Gerry Serrano | President
Santa Ana Police Officers Association
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[below, the referenced Valentin e-mail]
From: Valentin, David
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 1:46 PM
Cc: #PD SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM
Subject: Funeral for Riverside Sheriffs Department Deputy Darnell Calhoun
JANUARY 17, 2023
ALL SWORN PERSONNEL –
We have received preliminary confirmation that the funeral for Deputy Calhoun killed in the line of duty will be Saturday, January 21, 2023 (start time pending confirmation for 1000HRS or 1100HRS). The funeral venue will be in Rancho Cucamonga.
As Chief, my perspective on voluntarily attending police officer funerals KIA, is simple.
Unless you yourself are 929 or caring for a seriously ill loved one, you should be on deck standing tall in Class A uniform to pay respects to the fallen officer, their surviving family and the respective organization. We respond sharply in unison as a unified Department to these events as a sign of respect and honor for their ultimate sacrifice.
Since taking over as Chief in 2017, I have missed two funerals; once personally caring for a critically ill family member and two weeks ago for Deputy Isaiah Cordero (tragically also from the Riverside Sheriffs Department), as I personally was less than 24HRS out post surgery and could not stand or walk.
As we always have, we will brief at our mission at Roll Call early Saturday and respond sharply as a Department.
Chief of Staff SGT. Alex Lopez will post additional information to the ENTIRE PD.
SGT. Mike Gonzalez will assist on logistics and inspection.
Stay safe.
Respectfully,
DAVID VALENTIN
CHIEF OF POLICE
Santa Ana Police Department
* COMMUNITY FIRST *
I don’t think that that email should be read as making in mandatory for rank-and-file officers. I think it’s fine to ask for a clarification, and perhaps no “roll call” of who goes, but the letter seems off — unless it is underlying a demand that officers get paid their hourly wages to go on this trip, in which case it’s wack.
I am speaking of Delgadillo and his post. Serrano did not nor has not spiked his pension as that his basis is for the dispute.
If the Officers do not support Serrano, they have right to vote someone else in to that position. The last person that tried was championed by Valentin and he wipe out byt a 4 to 1 margin.
The facts I speak to are verified.
Let keep the issue which is an Officer making in one year in OT what most people in Santa Ana cannot make in two years, calling spending excessive and having strong ties to Valentin.
He is obvious in a small minority of officers and since the union is democratically run, he has a right to voice his opinion.
If he decides to make his views public, then he has to deal with the arena or get out.
So you recognize that the Chief may be using undue influence to get officers to attend this funeral for free, but you do not recognize that Serrano may have powers as SAPOA head to make things both uncomfortable and futile for anyone who might run against him?
Serrano doesn’t seem like someone who takes a challenge lying down, eh?
And he — working with Fiona Ma — certainly ATTEMPTED to spike his pension, right?
Vic –
What’s your opinions on Serrano’s email about the fallen officer?
He has a right to let the officers know of their rights as any union president should. This was not a 100% voluntary request from the Chief and should have been cleared by the City Council.
The Chief does not make policy, The Council does and if the Council feels all funerals for fallen officers should be made mandatory then they adopt the policy and give the Chief the authority to make it mandatory.
It is the Chief that is overstepping his authority not Serrano.
You do know Val had to force the Chief to make a statement om the murder of Tyre Nichols by those officers in Memphis ?
To me that is a greater issue than Riverside.
Seems like it’s a personal thing nothing rooted in concern for the people of Santa Ana and very colonial of you to deny Officer Delgadillo his right of free speech, Is there any wonder how the people you are paid to keep safe think the worst of you, Do better use your common sense.
he has a right to free speech. The issue are the facts of the post, which I have responded to.
There are 500 members in the POA and I guess you cannot win them all.
Vern.
For the record, at this point I am agnostic on the recall for many reasons. This .ay piss you off as I am given to understand you are anti police The whole FUCK THE POLICE thing was sophomoric. But I digress.
You and Mr. Diamond have a poor understanding of Santa Ana politics. Have you ever lived here? Participated civilly? I didn’t think so.
First Jessie Lopez is an easy target. Ward three includes the most affluent and most educated voters In the city. BY FAR. She is not popular and has baggage (like all of us to a degree) that is harmful to her reputation.
That is smart politics on the SAPOA part. Like it or not. As for Phan, Viet voters are generally pro police. So another easy target.
There is a fairly solid rumor countering Diamond’s fantasy of the “Correa” camp doing ANYTHING locally to hurt Phil (or more importantly help Jonathon Hernandez in ANYWAY. Look back to his derogatory comments following his Nephews death
Granted he was emotional, but his language was unbecoming of an elected.
Come walk Floral Park, Santiago Park or Mayberry you’ll see a far different story with your own eyes.
Sometimes are vision gets clouded
I understand your Son was killed at the hands of police. I understand your dislike of anything not “progressive”, whatever that means.
Besides, if you were in loop, you would be raising eyebrows about the former mayor.
You nailed it I live in Ward 3. I have tried to work with Jessie and while she is a nice person, she needs to improve her performance.
There is alot of frustration about East First St where I live and she really needs to do something.
I am always willing to give people chances hence I think her recall is premature. I know alot of the other neighborhoods are not understanding.
I am against the recall.
Carolina, what you are “given to understand” about a person is not necessarily true.
“Baggage” as in she doesn’t pay her bills and was on the verge of eviction before the homeowner went to the city and begged them to get her out? That baggage?
What else to you have on her? We need all the help we can get to get her out.
FWIW, I very much appreciate good policing. But I do not like bad policing. I appreciate (and have written here about) smart proposals to foster good policing, such as getting cops out of routine traffic stops, making them have private insurance, restricting if not eliminating qualified immunity, etc. I do not appreciate people who stand in the way of such reform.
I absolutely understand why many people of color would say “Fuck the Police,” though — and I think that many events I don’t likely have to mention here, up to and including the tazing to death of a Black man in LA, explain why. So for me as an older white male, the question is: do I condemn them for being impertinent and perhaps overblown in order to attract public attention? Or do I encourage other to recognize and honor their anger and pain, even if I don’t actually want to see the “fucked over”? The police have every advantage in that sort of PR war, so I’m going to try to make sure that critics get their due.
Vern, of course, would feel this even more strongly than I do, given what happened to his wife’s son. Does anyone want to here want to argue that police never use dropped handguns to leave near bodies to justify their shootings? Just as I have to do some uncomfortable PR standing by the angriest protesters, I would hope that good cops would do some uncomfortable PR by standing against the dirtiest cops.
(I’m betting that that position doesn’t get a lot of support from Mr. Serrano.
I always like to hear perspectives on police reform from people who don’t consider people of color to be the equivalent of dangerous animals, and I invite any of you to share your perspectives on what reforms might best work. Note: I have children and grandchildren of color (step-, if it matters, which it doesn’t to me), and I am terrified of what might happen to them.
Here is the text to the City Council stating my position on the recall.
Remember I am a sleeping bear that can be filled with an angry resolve if awakend if I detect any form of rudeness or inflammatory statement toward anyone that includes Gerry, the recall candidates and the rest of the Council.
I live in an affected ward and want the BS to end.
Thank you for your undestanding.
SENT VIA EMAIL
January 31, 2023
Mayor Amezcua
Honorable Members of the City Council
City Hall
Santa Ana, Ca
RE: RECALL OF COUNCILMEMBERS PHAN AND LOPEZ
Dear Mayor and Members of the City Council:
I wish to express my personal and formal opposition to the current efforts to recall Councilmembers Phan and Lopez.
Why I am against the Recall?
For the record, I support the rental control ordinance, the establishment of the Police Oversight Commission, and affordable housing. In fact, I am seeking to change state law that would allow Santa Ana to modify the rental control ordinance to include newer units of senior affordable housing.
While I have some substantive disagreements with the two Councilmembers on certain issues, the assertion by recall proponents that the two Councilmembers have an ideological premise to defund the police is not supported by facts.
By my own estimates, the relative percentage of general funds spent for policing has remained the same for the past few years. In fact, the allocation from the FY 2023 Cannabis Benefit Fund to purchase additional body cameras was a noteworthy increase of police funding allocations and one which I vehemently opposed and still do.
In fact, the Council has not been very stringent (in my view) on police spending for leased luxury vehicles to Lieutenants and Captains under their management contract, excess overtime, workers’ compensation, vendor contracts, vehicle management, and other areas where money can be reallocated for a more effective government and community health.
What are some background facts on the recall effort?
Without citizen involvement, this recall would not exist. The SAPOA has a first amendment right to fund and support the recall as do the Councilmembers have the same right to fundraise against it and hold their offices.
Recalls are a product of progressive politics and are constitutional.
If the recall moves toward an election, the voters of Ward 1 and 3, which includes myself and my neighbors, will have the final say.
The SAPOA Board of Trustees, which represents over 500 uniformed officers and other public safety employees as wells as 200 retirees, voted as a majority to support the recall effort.
It is illusory to suggest that the decision of the recall came from the sole effort of one individual. The interests of the Trustees are with their members. It was the Board, not Gerry Serrano, who gave final approval to support the recalls.
What are the next steps?
In a few days, I will be speaking to the full SAPOA Board of Trustees in the hopes of getting more commitment toward resolution and labor peace, which is desperately needed and a benefit to our community.
The other individuals and parties to the Recall are entitled to continue their efforts, but I hope reason can prevail.
I hope as a Council you can find a resolution with the SAPOA and as a citizen I do respect both organizations and enjoy the relationships, but I am troubled on how the climate is moving very rapidly toward hard politics and escalating vitriol.
A recall of Councilmembers Phan and Lopez is not an effort worthy of the Community’s energy.
Finally, for the record, I wrote this letter voluntarily, on my own initiative and effort, without compensation, and with my sole motive of moving the community forward on critical issues we face.
Sincerely,
Victor D Mendez
Ward 3
CC: Gerry Serrano, President, SAPOA (Via email)
Nice statement victor.
OK. You deserve a better avatar figure after all, but you’re stuck with the one you’ve got.
Victor Mendez,
Nice to hear from the failed politician! Let me assist you in clearing up your misguided information about my position, Downtown Business Liaison Officer, again. My soft position as per your comment was assigned to me by former police Chief Carlos Rojas. This was after working approximately 20 years on patrol because this is how I believed the citizens of Santa Ana would be served best. My question to you is have you ever had a job?
Correction #2, my overtime salary. I do earn a base salary like all officers and I work plenty of overtime because it is available. There is mention in your comment of this overtime being taxpayer funded salary. Once again this is incorrect. The City of Santa Ana has many events through the city. For vendors to host these events they are charged for police service. This overtime is “VENDOR PAID.” This overtime does not come out of the City of Santa Ana budget. I had to explain this overtime to two councilman, whom I will not name. So once again you are speaking out from the 7th planet of our solar system. For your information all public employee salaries are on Transparent California.
Reference the RECALL: Our SAPOA has paid $25,000 look at our SAPOA 460 forms filing on-line. How much did we spend on Council Woman Ceci Iglesias just to stroke his ego? That is precious member money. Is this a coincidence or just me? Voice of OC – “After Contract Battle, Santa Ana Police Union Launches Council Recall Campaigns.” Now our SAPOA is going after two minorities.
I will go on record to help Councilwoman Pham and Lopez to fight this RECALL. These two Councilwoman ae not anti-law enforcement and most likely would have voted for the contract even though our SAPOA failed at several junctions of the negotiations. How can one risk our medical and not show up or request the fact finding within the allotted time. The City brought their A-Game and our SAPOA got schooled.
Here is one better, our SAPOA President sends a letter about cost about our officers attending the funeral of most recent fallen Riverside County Sheriff Deputy Calhoun. This is unforgivable.
There have been prominent members of our SAPOA E-Board who’ve resigned. Of course they resigned with political letters but ask me the real reason. Ego cost us our medical with the City of Santa Ana but through research the medical plan from the City of Santa Ana is better due to a bigger pool our SAPOA will not get the extra taxpayer funds as Mr. Mendez calls them. Our SAPOA President’s days are numbered. He has lost his luster due to too many frivolous lawsuits dismissed.
In closing, I was told by a prominent attorney and former association president. Police officers will run into a burning home to save the family, one officer will fight 10 crooks while waiting for back up but all but a few will stand up for themselves at the police department.
Officer Delgadillo
Have you awoken from your nap while on shift? I have some photos of you sleeping on the job.
Is this true? If so, this is a gross dereliction of duty.
You can call me names all you want, but you have no cred except with Valentin and the $128,000 he paid you in OT. I can provide some other years if you like.
Perhaps you should take a course in critical thinking or just thinking. I can tell you that your post in replete with errors and is really just a cut and paste from the December 20, 2022 Staff report.
The word you use to characterize the POA’s negotiation as “regressive” is straight out of the staff report.
I realize originality may not be your strong suit and sometimes after all those years on the force routine can set in, especially between all those naps; however, if you want to get in the arena that is fine. I will just let your 499 fellow officers know you don’t support their families, some who are struggling with serious medical conditions.
Vic –
You asked for people not to bash your letter yo lover boy Serrano and not call anyone names and then you spew this dribble about money. Be an adult. Use adult words. You didn’t want others hurting your feelings but it’s okay for you to hurt people? I don’t know what Serrano is leading you to believe but your glasses are foggy. Serrano is a cancer. He’s stealing tax payer money and sleeping with everyone in the city! This is who you stick up for? When you were mugged in your apartment did Gerry show up to protect you?
Recall
Delgadillo was the one that started off with the name calling. Besides, he should be responding not you.
I am a very nice man, but I am not a punching bag.
As for Gerry, what specifically has he stolen? As this been reported to SAPD.?
His salary is paid by member contributions, Once compensated is paid, it becomes private property. The argument that he is being paid by taxes has already been debunked.
When I was accosted in my apartment, the on duty SAPD came up to take a report. Gerry is a full-time release Union President and does not an active-duty assignment.
Officer Delgadillo (sic)
In response to your question as to have I have held a job, the answer is yes and here is a very high-level depiction of professional experience over 38 years.
I am retired now.
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Global Services (Now Oracle)
5/2000 – 10/2003
Business strategist for the one of world’s leading technology companies with key responsibility for financially large city, county, and other public sector organizations. Developed strategy to reduce overall cost of ownership by 25%; Served as client-centric resource for Best Practices implementation and business planning including budget, risk assessment, scope, resources, and training; Developed strategies, and plans for a full range of web-based Financial, Human Resources, Payroll, Employee Portals, end user training, and other transformative ERP technologies for over 40 PeopleSoft government customers Additionally, I have a Master of Public Administration with an emphasis in public finance
Consulting Manager
Deloitte & Touche LLP
5/96 – 5/2000
Lead, organized and supervised project teams and served as primary client contact in critical and transformative projects such as Oversight and Financial Due Diligence for the Clark County (Nevada) Executive Office of the $450,000,000 Las Vegas Monorail Project; Program Audit for the Metropolitan Water District’s Board of Directors which identified improvements for financial management and project oversight to reduce project insurance by 10% for a $1,000,000,000 reservoir project; and. Risk Assurance Review of the County of San Diego’s $200,000,000 public safety communications systems to assess alliance to industry standards, contractual accountabilities, and best practices
Program Manager
Metropolitan Transportation Agency of Los Angeles County
11/90-5/96
Fiscal and Department Leader of a comprehensive risk management program that provided cost effective protection for the various rail transportation projects (with combined project values in excess of $8,000,000,000) developed throughout Southern California, as well as private business owners, the general public, and, the over 3,000 participating contractors and subcontractors, engineering professionals, suppliers, and manufacturers. Department budget in excess of $25 million annually.
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Wow, you changed jobs a lot. We’re there workplace issues?
Considering that the three main posters on this site are unemployed and/or on public assistance, you look like the secretary of labor Vic.
Speaking of unemployed……
Carolina is spot on about Jessica. In way over her head.
Too stupid to understand the difference between unemployed and self-employed? You live up to your reputation.
Sorry Peter but I am retired and living on my pensions and Social Security which I earned over 38 years of working.
I did this the old-fashioned way, I earned it.
The issue is what I did with my life not for who. I am retired now. This is over a 38 year career and the reality is that 5 years was the most for a boomer.
I will say my time with MTA was a very volatile climate that was very harsh to navigate. I went to the Grand Jury and got my former boss and his associated indicted on bribery charges.
What did you accomplish with your career? What notable projects did you work on?
Recall
First what is your real name ? Second, this is why I left the MTA (cut and past the link).
It states:
Victor Mendez, who was Sesay’s second in command at the time but now works for a private accounting firm, told jurors he complained several times to his boss that McAllister had either overcharged the agency, not performed up to standards or was absent for hours without explanation during workdays.
Mendez said Sesay vowed to reprimand McAllister and dock his payments, but instead continued to sign off on every one. Sesay ultimately augmented McAllister’s contract twice to pay out the maximum possible without board approval until the consultant received $425,000, Mendez said.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-12-18-me-10357-story.html
First what is your real name ?
Haha — good luck with that!
I’m glad that we can provide you guys a forum to have this discussion. It seems like it’s leaving a good trail of assertions of fact that people can review and assess.
This is a good time to review our “anonymous commenter” policy for the benefit of commenters new to the blog.
Basically, an anonymous commenter is not allowed to make invidious factual assertions about a real named person.
We editors can allow a commenter to be anonymous if we want to “take credit” for their comments. Generally, we will only do this if we know who the commenter is.
An anonymous commenter who uses their anonymity as a shield to make scurrilous attacks, even if not based on factual assertions, may also be reined in, because throwing rocks from behind a barricade for sport and gain is rotten (unless you’re legitimately a freedom fighter or something.) So anonymous commenters being nasty may have their comments taken down, may be asked by email (or even here online0 if we can redact the nastiest stuff out of them, etc.
So, “RecallSerrano” — even if we agree with you, your comments are most likely to last here if you either use your real name or keep your attacks milder.
We sure are drowning in good Serrano-related material here, some of it I’m just gonna upload onto the blog and you-all can click and read it if you want. You hear about the time Gerry accused City Manager Kristine Ridge, with no basis at all, of sexual harassment, back in 2021? And she went and “self-reported” the bastard herself? Good times, good times. Click here for her “warning letter”…
http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/serrano-warning-letter-from-ridge.pdf