Alameda County district attorney Pamela Price, who took $130,000 from Soros for her failed 2018 bid, secured the position for her boyfriend Antwon Cloird, the San Jose Mercury News reported Sunday.
Cloird joined Price's office as a "Senior program specialist" in 2023, with a $115,502 per year salary.
Price's decision to hire Cloird appears to have violated the state of California's employment nepotism policies, said Will Swaim, the president of the California Policy Center.
Before supporting Price's political career, Cloird was an activist in Richmond, Calif., where top city officials learned he sought $5,000 and $20,000 from two different businesses.
In the same year, he allegedly asked a restaurateur for $20,000 to help secure a liquor license for a new location-a fee that one city official said the restaurateur felt he had to pay because "Otherwise [Cloird] will bring a bunch of people to speak against it." The FBI started a probe into Cloird's "Pay to play" arrangements, although the agency ultimately did not charge him.
"Antwon Cloird is a valued member of the team whose distinguished work and accomplishments in communities throughout the Bay Area are well documented," Price spokeswoman Patti Lee said in a statement to the Washington Free Beacon.
Cloird, who has called Price the "Love of my life," has served as the district attorney's campaign manager and transition adviser.
https://freebeacon.com/california/soros-d-a-hires-boyfriend/
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