Grand Jury: StanCOG director misused public funds

The Stanislaus Council of Governments’ executive director has been accused by the Stanislaus County Grand Jury of spending public money on lavish hotels, first-class airfare, and exorbitant car rentals, as well as creating a chaotic work environment.

In the report released Thursday, Stockton resident Rosa De Leon Park, who was not called out by name in the report but has served as executive director since 2015, is said to have spent $100,000 on rental cars in a three-year span, driving 7,000 miles in a single month — “more than the distance from San Francisco to New York City and back,” the report said.

In one instance, Park chose to fly from Sacramento to a conference in Monterey, with a layover in Los Angeles…

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