Several weeks ago iePolitics was tipped off to the fact that Dr. Dev GnanaDev, medical director for San Bernardino County’s only county-run hospital, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC), owns a number of pieces of real property in San Bernardino County and elsewhere. Because of some of the accusations surrounding at least one piece of said property, which we will detail at a later date, an attempt was made to verify that Dr. GnanaDev properly reported his real estate investments on his Form 700.
iePolitics obtained a copy of Dr. GnanaDev’s contract with the county of San Bernardino and verified that pursuant to his contract, he is in fact required to file an FPPC Form 700. However, when iePolitics attempted to review Dr. GnanaDev’s Form 700 on the San Bernardino County Clerk of the Board’s website, it could not be found.
A request was sent to the County Administrative Office regarding Dr. GnanaDev’s Form 700 and iePolitics was advised that because he is not an elected official or department head, his Form 700 was NOT filed with the Clerk of the Board and therefore not on-line for public review. It should be noted that many of the Form 700s on line are not for elected officials or department heads, i.e. appraisers, and Dr. GnanaDev is in fact THE medical director for ARMC.
By this time, iePolitics was becoming more suspcious about GnanaDev’s Form 700. The County Administrative Office arranged for us to pick up GnanaDev’s last four Form 700s, 2006-2009, at ARMC where they were kept hidden in an administrative office. A review of the 700s show our suspicions have veracity. Several FPPC complaints have been filed. Tonight we will discuss the complaint regarding Dr. GnanaDev’s real property interests.
Dr. GnanaDev owns at least three homes, his medical office building, and vacant land. It is unclear how many parcels of vacant land he owns. Under the law, Dr. GnanaDev is required to report all interests in real property except his primary residence.
A review of Dr. GnanaDev’s Form 700 shows that he only reported his medical office building. All three homes and the vacant land (which is near ARMC) were left off of his Form 700 each of the last four years. One of the homes, which we do not believe is his primary residence, is a $1.8 million beach home. The other two homes are located in Redlands and Upland. They were not listed as rental property either so it is not known which home is his residence for sure, but based on tax records, it appears it is the Redlands home.
For those who would like to read the FPPC Complaint and supporting documentation you may do so here: Complaint, DevFPPC2009, DevFPPC2008, DevFPPC2007, DevFPPC2006, Property1, Property2, Property3, Property4, Property5, Property6, Property7
persons filing a form 700 are only required to report residential property within the county in which they are elected or appointed.
I have received conflicting information on that subject. While I was preparing the complaint I tried to call the FPPC and everyone was in a meeting or training session.
If you have ever filed an FPPC complaint using the on-line form you know it cannot be saved. I was using the only computer/printer I had available to me, which was the library. My time was running out and I could not wait several hours for someone to answer the phoe at the FPPC. Therefore, several other possible out-of-county properties did not make it to the complaint.
However, the beach house still may play a role in the complaint whether out-of-county properties must be reported or not and that is because it is possible it may be his primary residence. If it is, then all of his homes in San Bernardino County must be reported.
I have reviewed a lot of 700s over the years and GnanaDev’s reeks of arrogance, sort of like he feels he is too important to need to take such things seriously. As I said, this report is not the only report being made to the FPPC. In the end I decided to let the FPPC sort through the mess, and a mess it is. GnanaDev has an incredible number of conflicts involving ARMC. Between all the investigations by a variety of state, local and federal authorities, he will be exposed.
As a side note, we were also tipped off about issues with Dr. Valenzuala’s Form 700. We pulled all of those as well. What a difference! You can tell that Dr. V put a lot of effort into making sure his forms were complete and accurate. He obviously takes his reporting requirement seriously. So if someone would send me his email address, I would like to ask him a couple of questions. I’m not interested in making reports for innocent mistakes.
What oath?
I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:
I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.
I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.
I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon’s knife or the chemist’s drug.
I will not be ashamed to say “I know not,” nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient’s recovery.
I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God.
I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person’s family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.
I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.
I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.
If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.