Editing Beaumont, California (section)

===Corruption allegations===
In May 2016, prosecutors announced that they were charging almost all of Beaumont's former government leadership with corruption they said had been going on for three decades. Seven former officials were arrested and charged with stealing nearly $43 million from city coffers.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Ex-Police Chief, City Manager Among 7 Former Top Officials of Beaumont Charged With Corruption | last = Spillman | first = Eric | work = [[KTLA]] | date = May 17, 2016 | access-date = July 8, 2016 | url = http://ktla.com/2016/05/17/ex-police-chief-city-manager-among-7-former-top-officials-of-beaumont-charged-with-corruption/ }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title = Beaumont, stunned by years of alleged corruption, has been 'turned upside down' | last = Esquivel | first = Paloma | work = [[Los Angeles Times]] | date = July 8, 2016 | access-date = July 8, 2016 | url = http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-beaumont-20160708-snap-story.html }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title = DA: Former Beaumont officials siphoned $43 million | last = Kelman | first = Brett | work = [[The Desert Sun]] | date = May 18, 2016 | access-date = July 8, 2016 | url = http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/crime_courts/2016/05/17/six-beaumont-officials-charged-embezzlement/84500932/ }}</ref> Former City Manager Alan Kapanicas, former Economic Development Director David William Dillon, former Public Works Director Deepak Moorjani, former Planning Director Ernest Alois Egger, former Finance Director William Kevin Aylward, former City Atty. Joseph Sandy Aklufi and former Police Chief Francis Dennis Coe Jr. were accused of using their public offices to enrich themselves personally and secure interest-free loans for friends and colleagues with taxpayer money. Bail for Kapanicas, Aylward, Aklufi, Dillon, Moorjani and Egger was set at $5 million each, while Coe's bail was set at $100,000. The criminal probe began in April 2015 when investigators with the Riverside County district attorney's office and the [[FBI]] raided City Hall and seized records, computers and other items.<ref>{{Cite web | title = 7 former top officials of Beaumont charged with corruption | last = Rocha | first = Veronica | work = [[Los Angeles Times]] | date = May 17, 2016 | access-date = July 8, 2016 | url = http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-beaumont-corruption-20160517-snap-story.html }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title = Seven former city employees charged with corruption | last = Muckenfuss | first = Mark | work = [[Press-Enterprise]] | date = May 17, 2016 | access-date = July 8, 2016 | url = http://www.pe.com/articles/city-803134-office-charges.html }}</ref> All seven defendants pleaded guilty to offenses in plea bargains during 2017–2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Last of Beaumont corruption probe defendants pleads guilty |url=https://www.pe.com/2018/09/15/last-of-beaumont-corruption-probe-defendants-pleads-guilty/ |access-date=July 28, 2021 |work=The Press-Enterprise |date=September 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109030838/https://www.pe.com/2018/09/15/last-of-beaumont-corruption-probe-defendants-pleads-guilty/ |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |location=Riverside, California}}</ref>