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A Betrayal of Trust: California's Fiduciary Bureau Failure and the Flicker of Reform

Governor Gavin Newsom appointed a new chief to lead California's scandal-plagued Professional Fiduciaries Bureau, an agency that has catastrophically failed for years to prevent exploitation of vulnerable seniors and families. This long-overdue move is a tiny flicker of hope after a dark era of state-sanctioned neglect, where a broken 'honor system' allowed predators to plunder family wealth with impunity, betraying every fundamental promise of protection and justice.