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The Sacramento Bee reports, Sacramento Police Chief Kathy Lester routinely flew first class or business class to attend 10 conferences during a one-year period ending in December 2024 when the city’s travel policy specifies employees should travel the most economical way possible.

“Public officials have a fiduciary responsibility to the taxpayers to make good use of the city’s tax dollars, and not be spending them on things like first-class travel,” he said.

“It doesn’t look good, and it particularly does not look appropriate in an environment in which the city has had travel restrictions in place and a $50 million deficit,” Pelissero said.

John Pelissero, director, government ethics, quoted by The Sacramento Bee.