Jonathan Vernick Fraud Update!

Note to Readers: This feature of this blog began after September 2, 2015 when I filed embezzlement and fraud charges against Jonathan Vernick, the executive director of Baker Places, with San Francisco Police Department.  In it, I offer the reader a review of the present situation, assessments, plans, and encourage reader direct involvement with protecting the most vulnerable from abuse.


March 28, 2016


This is a very interesting period: A reporter for this blog has made appeals to members of the Board of Supervisors for the purpose of seeing that Jonathan Vernick is dismissed. From a process view, the Board can only fund/defund Baker Places; it is up to Barbara A. Garcia to see that the contract which is signed for the new year, 2016-2017 FY, calls for a new executive director at Baker. The reason nothing has been resolved to date: While nearly all the Board members want to protect Baker Places (because of the services it provides in their district), they realize that Vernick is probably a bad actor. How to get rid of him without defunding Baker Places?

In my view, this is not that difficult. Sooner or later, Jonathan Vernick is going to have to retire as he suffers from chronic dementia which appears to be in the early stages right now. There are obvious ties to Pablo Tisker (a real estate speculator with Bernstein Realty) and Vernick's other for-profit holdings (see link at bottom of this post) which investigators have told me are grounds for fraud investigators to audit Baker.


There are many signs that things are amiss at Baker Places: The Baker Board fails to obey the law and meet publicly twice a year, the Chair of the Board (Nick Lederer) has been informed about Vernick and has refused to respond to my requests for meetings, the IRS 990 forms show losses year after year (in 2013-2014 Baker Places lost $732,000), it appears as though the services Baker Places is supposed to provide (such as supportive housing) are being reduced as no new apartments are being rented and others are being vacated.


In addition to lots of messes, I believe Jonathan Vernick uses and abuses people. Because some of the specific information is confidential, I will state that I continue to meet with officials and will provide case histories which in general form show how the manipulative games are played. Readers are asked to contact their Board of Supervisor at www.sfbos.org and request that Vernick is dismissed. We have a deadline of June 30, 2016. Please note that I will visit several member's offices later this week (probably Tuesday and Wednesday).  Please telephone me at 415-865-0734 or email me at safeway7354@gmail.com for any input or questions.


Note: Jonathan Vernick Et Al v. Mynette Boykin :: Superior Court of ...for background info on Jonathan Vernick's private holding corporation.