Santa Clara County Leaders Can Preserve Public Safety and Other Essential County services By Reining In the hundreds of millions spent on consultant contracts, management coaches, and non-essential programs and initiatives.
High-Priced “Coaches”
& Executive Retreats
Do taxpayers really need to fund Stanford summer camps for County Executives? High-priced, corporate coaching for executives to “build capacity,” receive “seeing training” and get “personal coaching should not come at the expense of funding essential public safety services.
Maybe cut back
on the Java...
County Coffee Klatch virtual events to the tune of over $3 million dollars while essential services are being cut...how does this make sense? Maybe cut the cream and sugar and save a few bucks to preserve public safety?
When County Budgets are Strained…
What’s more important:
preserving the ability to prosecute accused rapists, domestic abusers and other violent offenders,
Providing a robust defense of those accused,
Taking guns off our streets,
providing mental health treatment to those in need and unarmed response to emergencies,
OR
CONTINUE TO SPEND TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON:
LOCATING VOLUNTEER TREE STEWARDS ($1.4 MILLION)
BEARD TRIMMING AND HAIRCUTS ($350K)
MOVING OFFICE FURNITURE AND RELOCATION SERVICES ($7 MILLION)
CULTURAL HUMILITY TRAINING SERVICES ($195K)
CREDIBLE MENTORING ($1.4 MILLION)
AS NEEDED CAR WASHING SERVICES INCLUDING DETAILING SERVICES ($530K)
VIRTUAL PARENT COFFEE CAFES ($3 MILLION)
Real-Time Contract Spending
Master Contract List
Training Costly Interns
Why the massive increase?
Are These Cost Effective?
See what the Grand Jury said about Santa Clara County procurement of contracts:
NO SINGLE SOURCE OF TRUTH: County of Santa Clara Countywide Procurement
NO STRINGS ATTACHED: County of Santa Clara Board Inventory Items
FAIL TO PLAN: PLAN TO FAIL County of Santa Clara’s Doomed History Book
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Invisible police squad
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