Bianco Claims California Homeless Crisis Is Money Laundering Scheme Not Housing Issue
"The people who we call homeless, what we see on the street, living on our sidewalks, living under overpasses, they are nothing but pawns. In this homeless industrial complex money laundering scheme. That's all it is."
About this episode
Sheriff Chad Bianco, currently running for California governor, joined the podcast for an extensive discussion of his campaign, law enforcement career, and allegations of systemic corruption in California. Bianco, who leads the Riverside County Sheriff's Department overseeing 2.5 million residents, gained national prominence during COVID-19 for refusing to enforce lockdown orders. The conversation opened with Bianco's position in the Republican gubernatorial primary against rival Steve Hilton, where Bianco argued that polling showing Hilton ahead is manufactured and paid for by campaigns to influence voters and donors. He claimed the Democratic establishment fears him specifically because he cannot be controlled, unlike career politicians. A major revelation involved Bianco's election fraud investigation in Riverside County, where his department discovered a 46,000-vote discrepancy between ballots received and votes counted. After obtaining a judge's warrant to count the ballots, Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit to stop the investigation, which a judge has now halted. Bianco also disclosed his department arrested one of their own deputies transporting 520,000 fentanyl pills for a cartel, with the deputy's uncle being a high-ranking cartel member. On homelessness, Bianco made explosive claims that California's $24 billion spending represents a money laundering scheme through NGOs and nonprofits, with 'body brokers' exploiting homeless people's Medicare benefits before abandoning them on streets. He stated Governor Newsom has never met with California's 58 sheriffs despite decades of precedent, and only called a token meeting with hand-picked sheriffs after Bianco made this public. Bianco further alleged Democrats changed sheriff election timing specifically to target him and other Republican sheriffs who resisted COVID policies. He argued that while Democrats hold supermajorities in California's legislature, only 15-20 far-left members actually drive the agenda, and that regulatory power concentrated in the governor's office could reverse most damage on day one through executive action.
Key takeaways
- Bianco revealed a 46,000-vote discrepancy in Riverside County elections that Attorney General Rob Bonta sued to prevent from being investigated through ballot counting.
- Sheriff's department arrested one of their own deputies transporting 520,000 fentanyl pills worth millions for a cartel operation run by his uncle.
- Bianco claims California's $24 billion homeless spending is a money laundering scheme through NGOs with body brokers exploiting Medicare, not helping people on streets.
- Governor Newsom has never attended bimonthly meetings with California's 58 sheriffs despite decades of precedent from previous governors of both parties.
- Democrats changed sheriff election timing from gubernatorial to presidential cycles specifically to remove Republican sheriffs, calling it the Bianco Law in Sacramento.
- Bianco argues only 15 to 20 far-left legislators in Sacramento drive California's agenda despite Democrats holding supermajority control of state government.
- Claims most California problems stem from regulatory environment that a governor could reverse day one through executive power rather than requiring legislative changes.