The Viet America Society, a nonprofit with ties to O.C. Supervisor Andrew Do and his 22-year-old daughter, will have two more weeks to show what it did with millions of taxpayer dollars, Supervisor Katrina Foley confirmed to LAist.
Deadline Extended For Nonprofit With Ties To OC Supervisor
Sterling Scott Winchell, an attorney now representing the nonprofit, said in an interview published Thursday with The Orange County Register that Viet America Society will be able to prove how it spent $4 million earmarked for meals during the pandemic.
The county has been seeking transaction records for more than a year, according to warning letters from the county’s OC Community Resource department. A pair of deadlines, on March 14 and March 18, came and went earlier this month without the nonprofit providing transaction records and other details as required by the county, according to county spokespeople.
Supervisor Foley said she wants to see proof of where the money went, and that any normal operation should have a bookkeeping program with receipts and invoices.
“I just don’t know why that’s so hard,” she said.
Supervisor Do and the three other supervisors didn’t immediately return LAist’s messages for comment.
On Thursday, the nonprofit’s Huntington Beach office had a sign on its door from the building owner saying the suite was available for lease.
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