April 24, 2026
A former Sacramento City Council member has reached a plea deal regarding charges that he directed unauthorized immigrants employed at his grocery stores to lie to U.S. Department of Labor investigators, agreeing to pay over $1.4 million in restitution.
December 15, 2023
A federal grand jury has charged a Sacramento City Council member with staffing his grocery stores with dozens of unauthorized immigrants whose precarious immigration status was exploited to ensure that they accepted subpar wages and hid from U.S. Department of Labor investigators.