Bill Wells
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Mayor of the city of El Cajon. Doctor of Clinical Psychology, Musician
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We got word that there were around 50 children in our city who were suspected victims of sex trafficking. We wanted to go get them. That is the whole job. That is why you put on the badge. Our city attorney stopped us. He told us that under state law, we'd be the ones in violation. Not the traffickers. Us. And it wouldn't be me who paid for it. It would be the officer who actually knocked on that door. He'd be charged. He'd lose his pension. He'd lose his livelihood. So we did the reasonable thing. We wrote to Sacramento and asked the Attorney General to help us find a way. One question: can we go check on these kids? The answer came back in writing. No. I keep that response because people don't believe me when I describe it. They think it's hyperbole, or politics, or some wild-eyed conspiracy theory. It isn't. It's a letter. It's the state of California telling a police department to leave trafficked children where they are. It happened in my town. I have no reason to believe my town is unique.
Bill Wells128,375 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
We got a tip. 52 undocumented children in our city. Suspected victims of sex trafficking. We ran it by our attorney. He sent it to Sacramento. Sacramento wrote us back and told us we could not check on those kids. It would violate state law. That was when I knew we had to do something.
Bill Wells241,711 görüntüleme • 4 ay önce
Last year, I was interviewed by a young man who was trying to expose the truth about the border crisis. While the Biden Administration allowed chaos and looked the other way, Nick Shirley was asking real questions and demanding real answers. I knew then he was on to something. Keep shining a light, Nick shirley.
Bill Wells147,783 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce
We sent a letter to the California DOJ with a simple question: "If a child in our city is being sex-trafficked by an illegal alien, can we at least do a welfare check on that child?" The answer? No. That would violate SB-54. No workaround. No alternative. No explanation for how you're supposed to save that child. That's what California's sanctuary law protects. Not the child. The trafficker.
Bill Wells98,522 görüntüleme • 6 ay önce
California just mandated what tires you're allowed to buy. Their own numbers say it costs you more. Analysts say up to $365 a set. Gas tax. Registration. Paid parking at Balboa. Now tires. They're not banning your car. They're pricing you out of it. One fee at a time.
Bill Wells21,500 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
I asked San Diego County a simple question: "How much money have you received and spent on homelessness over the last 5 years?" I'm a mayor. If you called my city and asked how much we spent on street repairs, I could tell you within an hour — down to the dollar. The County's answer? Vague budget numbers that meant nothing. So I went to the San Diego Coalition for Homelessness — the group that distributes the funding. And guess what I found? The people sitting on the board deciding where the money goes ARE the leaders of the NGOs receiving the money. Let that sink in. We're talking billions of dollars — and nobody can give a straight answer on where it went. The foxes aren't just guarding the henhouse. They built it, run it, and write themselves the checks.
Bill Wells87,243 görüntüleme • 6 ay önce
Our city makes up just 3% of San Diego County's population. But somehow we got stuck with over 50% of the county's homeless voucher program — stuffed into our hotels. And who benefited? Not the homeless. Not our community. A single NGO pocketed $11 MILLION warehousing people in hotel rooms at $4,000–$8,000 per month. Read that again. Up to $8,000/month — per person — in a hotel room. Not permanent housing. Not treatment. Not a path forward. A hotel room. They didn't solve homelessness. They monetized it — and dumped the consequences on our city.
Bill Wells48,796 görüntüleme • 7 ay önce
The State of California is suing El Cajon for doing what every city should — keeping our community safe. This isn’t about privacy; it’s about politics. Sacramento doesn’t like that we’re a conservative city that refuses to fall in line with their agenda. I won’t back down from standing up for the people of El Cajon.
Bill Wells66,637 görüntüleme • 11 ay önce
I was born in California. It used to be the greatest state in the union. Today it's arguably one of the worst, and the sanctuary state laws are a big reason why. Sacramento decided it gets to pick and choose which laws to follow. The rest of us live with the consequences. El Cajon is done waiting. We're suing the state on Supremacy Clause grounds, taking it straight at the heart: federal law beats state law. Our police officers go to work every day forced to break either federal law or state law. That's not a choice any cop in America should have to make.
Bill Wells26,856 görüntüleme • 4 ay önce
For decades, the United States allowed Mexico to dump millions of gallons of raw sewage into our waters—polluting our beaches, endangering our Navy SEALs, hurting tourism, and putting local residents at risk. That failure to act is unacceptable. Finally, this administration is doing what should have been done long ago: holding Mexico accountable and demanding real action to protect our communities, our military, and our coastline.
Bill Wells27,745 görüntüleme • 7 ay önce
Here's how the cycle works: Government sends millions to NGOs—often run by political allies. Those NGOs skim off the top, provide some services, then funnel money back to the same politicians who funded them. Round and round it goes. When I ask where the money went? People get angry with me. Just for asking. There should be a public website right now where any taxpayer can see exactly how much was spent on homelessness, which NGOs received it, and what the actual outcomes were. Did they do their job? Did anyone follow up? That doesn't exist. I want to support the NGOs doing it right. But without transparency, we can't tell the good ones from the ones gaming the system. And if we want to find the ones wasting your money, every single one needs to be examined.
Bill Wells25,459 görüntüleme • 6 ay önce
Last week, I formally asked the County of San Diego for a full accounting of every dollar spent on homelessness over the last five years — money that came in and money that went out. It’s been one full week. 📭 Nothing. No response. No transparency. That’s unacceptable when billions of taxpayer dollars are involved. Now I’m asking you to help. Call. Email. Text. Message every County Supervisor and demand they release the homelessness spending records.
Bill Wells25,859 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce
If you think the Minnesota fraud scandal was bad, just wait until the full truth comes out in California. Millions of taxpayer dollars unaccounted for. NGOs getting rich. Homelessness getting worse. It’s long past time to shine a light and demand accountability.
Bill Wells25,890 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce
Sacramento thinks a bus stop should decide where high-rises go. Not your city's zoning. Not your infrastructure. Not the size of your fire department. A transit station. That's SB 79. If there's a trolley or bus line nearby, the state can force high-rise housing into your neighborhood. No parking required, because Sacramento assumes everyone will just ride the bus. Cities across California are saying wait a minute. You don't know our streets. You don't know our water and sewer capacity. You don't know what our first responders can handle. And Sacramento's answer is: it doesn't matter. We're doing it anyway.
Bill Wells10,867 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce
A lot of people would like me to stop asking questions right now. That’s because I started asking a simple one: Where has the homelessness money gone in San Diego County? I asked the Board of Supervisors for an accounting. What came back were pages of numbers — but no real answers. So now I’m taking the next step and sending a formal request to the Regional Task Force on Homelessness, the group that receives the money and decides how it’s spent through nonprofits — often with NGOs voting on funding for other NGOs. The San Diego Taxpayers Association, other watchdogs, and even the County have asked for this information — without success. Transparency matters if we’re serious about solving homelessness.I’m linking all the correspondence in the comments and will keep you updated. If you have insight or ideas, let’s work on this together.
Bill Wells18,863 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce