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It’s time to rein in LA’s shameless nonprofit CEOs

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Talk about unseemly mission creep.

The nonprofit Tarzana Treatment Centers was established decades ago to treat addiction in the Los Angeles area. Yet whistleblowers now describe an organization consumed with billing — not helping.

The California Post reported Monday that two former Tarzana employees detailed extreme pressure to put profits first, to the detriment of patients and taxpayers.

At the same time, Tarzana’s CEO, Albert Senella, collected $2.36 million in salary last year alone and lives large in a palatial $3.7 million, six-bedroom, eight-bathroom spread in Simi Valley.

What’s wrong with this picture?

LA area taxpayers should not be taken to the cleaners by nonprofit executives. And patient needs should not be subordinate to what appear to be personal financial interests.

Clearly, the city and county need to tighten spending controls and provide meaningful oversight of this and other nonprofits that collect millions of dollars from taxpayers each year. Mayor Karen Bass, the City Council and the county Board of Supervisors should also explore setting caps on nonprofit executive compensation tied to taxpayer money.

This is hardly the only example of nonprofit........

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