STREET REPORT 2: APRIL 24, 2023 Shasta County Public Corruption Payments in Kind to Third District Supervisor
Chriss W. Street Notice Of Discrimination In Recruitment Of Shasta
County CEO Under Title 5 Section 2301(b) Of The US Code
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Chriss W. Street as applicant for Shasta County Executive Officer (“Shasta
CEO”) expected to be treated fairly and equitably without regard to ethnicity
county under county policies and law [US Code Title 5 Section 2301(b)].
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Chriss W. Street noticed Shasta County and its recruitment agent WBCP on
April 1, 2023, join in referral of potential violations of public policy and/or
federal and state civil and criminal laws in the biased recruitment of Shasta
county CEO. While still waiting for a response, Chriss W. Street is informed,
believes and alleges why there was bias in Shasta County CEO recruitment:
Chriss W. Street when directly asked by a Shasta County Department Head
during final CEO interviews about his ethnicity, answered Hispanic. Street
told Shasta County recruitment agent Wendi Brown he was not seeking any
advantage from his Hispanic ethnicity and the question had the potential for
bias, since it was not asked of all CEO candidates. Ms. Brown reassured
Chriss Street there was no Shasta County bias and reason for concerns.
Ms. Brown knew or should have known Shasta County was blocking release
of Ellis & Makus LLP investigative report that threatened to expose ethnic
animus and potential corruption by Shasta County Assistant CEO Eric
Magrini during his tenure as Shasta County Sheriff. The Magrini practices
were so repugnant from December 2020 to February 2021, the Shasta
County Deputy Sheriff’s Association and Sheriff’s Administration Association
for the first time both issued Sheriff Magrini “Letters of No Confidence.”
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Chriss W. Street is informed, believes and alleges major issues behind the
“No Confidence” vote was Sheriff Magrini’s unethical and corrupt attempt
during the Black Lives Matter movement to take pressure off Shasta County
Supervisors, including Mary Rickert, by fraudulently trying to make 20-year
veteran and highly-decorated Deputy Sergeant Jose Gonzalez into a
“sacrificial lamb” by claiming Gonzalez was unjustified in the 2020 shooting
and killing “Thomas Barbosa, 41, after he fled from law enforcement, drove
off a cliff, and refused deputies’ commands while holding a knife.”
Chriss W. Street Notice Of Discrimination In Recruitment Of Shasta
County CEO Under Title 5 Section 2301(b) Of The US Code
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Sheriff Magrini around the Sheriff’s Office demonstrated his animus toward
Hispanics by referring to Sargent Gonzalez as: “That little spic.”
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Sacrificial lamb scheme almost succeeded, but for Sheriff Captain Patrick
Kropholler [#3 in Department] opposing Sheriff Magrini by testifying Sargent
Gonzalez was justified in shooting Barbosa.
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Sheriff Magrini retaliated with ethnic animus against Captain Kropholler by
calling attention to his German heritage by drawing a Hitler moustache on
his Department picture to encourage Black Lives Mater to attack Kropholler
as a NAZI.
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Sheriff Magrini then alleged and suspended Captain Kropholler
on a charge related to employee sexual harassment.
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Assistant CEO, new Sheriff Michael Johnson cleared Kropholler charges.
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Supervisor Mary Rickert conspired with Sheriff Magrini in an illegal scheme
to access a tremendous number of “101 Specials.” The 101 refers to the
call sign of the Sheriff Magrini broadcasting on Sheriff radios for Deputies
on patrol to do “quid pro quo, favors given and favors taken.” Supervisor
Rickert had full access through “101 Specials” for Sheriff Deputies to do her
personal errands, and to do political favors for donors and to retaliate
against adversaries.
Supervisor Mary Rickert learned from Shasta County CEO interviews that
Chriss W. Street was Hispanic had already figured out that Shasta County
2021-2022 County Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) Ended
June 30, 20229 hid the fact cash General Reserves were a third of Target10
and the county was under federal and state investigative audit for
understaffing and potentially skimming off at least $12.3 million of low-paid
worker compensation.
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