Ex-Coachella Mayor Steven A. Hernandez, who was also former chief of staff to Riverside County Supervisor Manuel Perez, is due to receive a payout of almost $225,000 from the county, mostly owing to his accrual of unused vacation leave spanning more than two decades, according to county officials.
Hernandez officially resigned his position with the Board of Supervisors on Thursday, two days after formally resigning as mayor of Coachella in the immediate aftermath of his plea agreement with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, in which he admitted felony conflict of interest in a government contract.
In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dropped eight related charges against the defendant…