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Middleton, Samuel <br /> From: Victor D Mendez <vicdmendez@gmail.com> <br /> Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 4:48 PM <br /> To: eComment <br /> Subject: Fwd: Workers' Compensation <br /> VICTOR D MENDEZ <br /> r. <br /> ---------- Forwarded message --------- <br /> From: Victor D Mendez <vicdmendezggmail.com> <br /> Date: Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 1:32 PM <br /> Subject: Workers' Compensation <br /> To: <Vamezcuagsanta-ana.org> <br /> Cc: Lopez, Jessie <jessielopez o,santa-ana.org>, Phan, Thai<TPhan_,santa-ana.org>, Hernandez, Johnathan <br /> <JRyanHernandezgsanta-ana.org>, <dpenaloza o,santa-ana.org>, <bvazduez o,santa-ana.org>, Phil Becerra <br /> City Of Santa Ana Council<pbacerrao,santa-ana.org> <br /> At the last Council meeting in February 2023, I made a comment about the dire <br /> condition of the workers' compensation financial reserves. <br /> My observation, based on about 20 years of major risk experience and following the <br /> City's trend for a few years, as well as benchmarking against other cities, indicated <br /> some sort of stagnation or bottleneck as possibly one factor in the on-going rise in <br /> reserves. <br /> The article below in fact validates those comments. Notwithstanding, the fraud that was <br /> committed (a serious offense), the initial claim escalated from a wrist injury to the third <br /> most severe claim in the system, a temporary disability rating (death and permanent <br /> disability being the other two). <br /> Nearly $96,000 in stolen wages recovered from ex-California police officer (ktla.com) <br /> i <br />