Dem Gov. Candidate, San Jose Mayor: Becerra Was ‘Bureaucratic’ at HHS, He ‘Always’ Blames Others on Migrants, Fraud

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Story Is,” Democratic California gubernatorial candidate San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan said that rival Democratic candidate former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra is “the epitome of the status quo. It’s always somebody else’s fault. 85,000 migrant children lost, a quarter million dollars stolen from his campaign account under his nose, but he didn’t have visibility into it, growing fraud in the healthcare system under his watch,” and stated that he “got the usual bureaucratic speak” when he tried to work with Becerra on homelessness when Becerra was at HHS.

Mahan said, “I’ve set a goal of ending unsheltered homelessness, and part of that plan involves getting other levels of government to do their part. You ask about other candidates’ plans, I have to tell you, frankly, one of the most disillusioning experiences I have had in politics was, as a new Mayor, going into HHS