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A personal check for $2,900 just arrived from California State Controller Malia Cohen — made payable directly to me, Herbert W. Morgan, and mailed to my home address. This refund stems from an overpayment on our Voter Guide statement submitted in January. The Secretary of State charges by the word but bills candidates for the maximum allowed rather than counting at submission. They then take five months to perform a simple word count and issue a refund. I was explicitly told the refund would be credited back to the original credit card. Instead, Controller Cohen’s office issued a paper check to me personally rather than to the campaign committee at the proper campaign address. This reflects a fundamental lack of financial expertise and basic procedural competence from the very official responsible for overseeing state disbursements and fiscal integrity. As State Controller, Malia Cohen is expected to ensure accurate, secure, and appropriate financial transactions — not create unnecessary complications, fraud risks, or potential tax liabilities for candidates. When the payee line reads “Herbert W. Morgan” instead of the campaign committee, the entire process changes. How many of the thousands of statewide candidates receiving these refunds will properly redirect them to their campaigns, and how many will simply deposit them personally? These are precisely the types of systemic failures and oversight deficiencies a State Controller should identify and correct — not perpetuate. #CaliforniaController #FixCalifornia

Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass is in the middle of a massive money laundering operation - A racial justice nonprofit is getting $875,000 PER UNIT from taxpayers to build 3 skyscrapers - The CEO of this nonprofit has close ties to Karen Bass - Karen Bass put this nonprofit’s CEO on the LA County Affordable Housing Solutions Board - So he’s now approving the money and getting the money Here’s the full breakdown: The Weingart Center is a Skid Row nonprofit that claims to advance “racial, social, and economic justice” by helping the homeless. They manage multiple properties The CEO is Kevin Murray and he makes $400,000 per year In 2024, LA Mayor Karen Bass appointed Kevin Murray to the LA County Affordable Housing Solutions Board. The board that oversees homeless funding So the nonprofit that gets the money is now deciding who gets the money and how much (Huge conflict of interest) Next, Mayor Karen Bass appointed Ben Rosen, Director of Real Estate Development, to the same board at Kevin Murray’s request (So now the homeless nonprofit CEO is telling mayor Karen Bass who else to appoint to be in charge of giving our homeless money, and she’s doing it) 
Weingart raked in $100 million in just one year (It pays to be close with Karen Bass) A big chunk of that money comes from California’s Homekey Initiative: 
California has dumped nearly $4 billion into Homekey Initiative but: - 71% of properties vacant - Multiple fraud cases - One developer charged $2M on his personal Amex for things like Coachella tickets
 But instead of shutting it down, they expanded it with Homekey Plus. Naturally the nonprofit friend of Karen Bass The Weingart Center wants some of that new money Weingart wanted $37 million to turn a 122-room hotel into permanent housing.
They’d pocket $2+ million in developer fees and got a sweet deal with ongoing subsidies
 Here’s where some fraud comes in The property was valued at just $10M - 21M, not the $30M they wanted. They wanted to pocket $10 million dollars of taxpayer money Luckily public backlash killed the deal, but that’s not where it ends The Weingart Center tried to convert a Cheviot Hills nursing home using $26 million in Homekey funds.
 Mayor Bass helped personally recommend it.
 The developer? Stephen Taylor who’s now facing 9 felony charges for altering bank statements and lying to lenders while trying to flip the property for double the price.
Weingart signed the deal with a confidentiality clause. The Weingart Center has repeatedly failed federal audit requirements… yet even after still, they still got a $9 million no-bid contract from Mayor Karen Bass (She’s clearly involved in the fraud) Now The Weingart Center is likely getting $865,000 per apartment unit to build 3 skyscrapers, all paid for by taxpayers Facilitated by Karen Bass The money laundering never ends, LA has been doing this a lot lately, here’s a few more - Restoration apartments: Bought in 2020 via Homekey for $5.3 million to create 80 units of recovery housing for the homeless. 6 years later it’s completely abandoned - Shangri-La Industries got 26 million in Homekey grants, he bought luxury items, cars and trips - In South LA a shelter operator with a $2.3 million city contract claimed 88 beds in court filings. A spot check revealed only 44 actual beds, the rest were empty platforms The fraud in California never stops