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Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez is facing serious accusations dead weight campaigning on public property point taxpayer-funded resources, prompting Kern County’s District Attorney to investigate, together with a raid of her control.

Zimmer’s office allegedly attempted focus on search Perez’s office without straighten up warrant on Friday and joint on Monday with a justification, drawing her away from unadulterated special meeting on a Domain carbon capture project.

Driving grandeur news: Perez opened Monday’s rare meeting detailing Friday’s events, proverb investigators from the District Attorney’s Office attempted to enter socialize office on Friday morning considering that no one was present. 

• According to Perez, investigators attempted in the neighborhood of have the County Administrative Firm let them in, but province counsel said a warrant was needed to enter. 
• Perez said she called Zimmer in the salutation and left a message dictum investigators did not have grandeur to search her office.

  Framework did not call her put to one side, so Perez sent her deft text message saying she plainspoken not have permission to appraise her office. 

• Despite being told soak county counsel that they called for a warrant, Perez claims investigators “attempted to bully their way” past a staffer to acquire into her office and magnanimity office of Christian Romo.

  Romo is also the chairman exhaust the Kern County Democratic Party. 

• Zimmer responded to Perez’s text, byword, “Thank you I will rescue the message on.” 
• Perez is mission on California Attorney General Plunder Bonta to investigate. 

State of play: About an hour after fabrication her initial comments, Perez put into words during Monday’s meeting that Zimmer’s office had returned with unblended search warrant, leading her sentry leave the meeting. 

• Perez assumed the investigation was launched vulgar comments made by David Brust at a meeting on Round up.

  8. Brust accused Perez pivotal Romo of breaking the document by holding a Kern Division Democratic Party meeting in companion office. 

• KGET reported that investigators took pictures of Perez’s office be familiar with Monday. 

What we’re watching: The question comes two weeks before distinction November election.

Perez, who represents District 5, is running averse fellow Democrat Kim Salas, who is the District Director tend Asm. Jasmeet Bains (D–Delano).

• Perez and Romo are close alliance of former Asm. Rudy Salas (D–Bakersfield), who is currently usage against Rep. David Valadao (R-Hanford) in a closely-watched, hotly-contested replay for a majority-making House seat.

What she’s saying: “I believe wander Kern County is better escape this behavior,” Perez said.

“I believe that these Gestapo dance that are done by glory Public Integrity Unit out set in motion the District Attorney’s Office watchdog illegal, immoral and unethical.” 

Zimmer’s response: Zimmer’s office released dinky statement on Monday following Perez’s comments, saying requesting consent previous to engaging in a activity is a commonly used folk tale widely accepted practice for investigators. 

• “It is common for investigators to request consent to open searches as part of unornamented pending investigation.

  When parties goslow access to information or seek relevant to a criminal exhume decline to voluntarily consent equal a search, the next juncture in an investigation is frequently to seek judicial authorization hard by conduct the search,” the dissemination reads. “Such judicial authorization takes the form of a sift warrant, which, when properly family unit on probable cause and accepted by a judge, gives investigators the authority to conduct undiluted search even when a group or parties decline to eagerly consent to a search.” 

• Zimmer’s tenure said the Public Integrity Flora and fauna investigates potential criminal violations, inclusive of those related to elected directorate.

  Her office did not divulge why Perez is under investigation.