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Should Guadalupe Lose Its Cityhood?

The Grand Jury calls for an end to its multi-million dollar "shell game."

The Santa Barbara County grand jury found a history of financial mismanagement in Guadalupe and called for the small city to disincoporate in a report released Friday.

The grand jury said the city of Guadalupe has inappropriately transferred more than $7.6 million into its general fund over the last 12 years in order to meet operating expenses.

The grand jury's report states that city officials transferred an average of $630,000 per year from restricted funds since fiscal year 2002-03 in what the report labeled a "shell game."