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D.A. Investigating Stockton Mayor's Admission To Recording City Manager

STOCKTON (CBS13) — The district attorney is investigating allegations that Stockton's mayor secretly recorded a conversation with the city manager, after the mayor admitted to to the alleged crime during Tuesday's city council meeting.

The following exchange between Stockton City Manager Bob Deis and Mayor Anthony Silva happened during Tuesday's meeting:

Deis: My recollection of the conversation is a little bit different than yours, Mayor. I don't recall.

Silva: I can play it if you want to.

Deis: I don't recall stating those same things.

Secretly recording a conversation is against the law in California.

The San Joaquin County district attorney has opened a wiretapping investigation saying, "It is normally a violation of California law to record another person's conversation without their knowledge or consent."

With budgetary concerns facing the bankrupt city of Stockton, this latest political theater is not helping.

The mayor was unavailable for comment on Wednesday because he was in surgery.

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