The state is watching these 6 cities closely for financial fraud
The city of Maywood was low on cash and struggling to pay its $15-million debt. With its future looking bleak, state auditors decided to step in.
In January, the state started auditing the 1.2 square-mile town, finding that its “flawed governance and fiscal mismanagement” had prevented Maywood from recovering -- and made it susceptible to corruption.
In many ways, the struggling city in southeast Los Angeles County had its neighbor, Bell, to thank for the scrutiny. A city that Maywood had once counted on to bail it out of earlier financial troubles, Bell had become wrapped up in a major corruption scandal in 2010.
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The cities being monitored by state auditors are Chico, Richmond, Ridgecrest, Monrovia, Hemet and Maywood.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-state-auditor-program-20161023-snap-story.html
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Something smells fishy here, and it isn't the seafood over in Point Richmond. 
