South Lake Tahoe Mayor Admits to Embezzling Money From Church, Recent Suicide Attempt

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/10/06/south-lake-tahoe-mayor-admits-to-embezzling-money-from-church-recent-sucide-attempt/A shocking political story out of South Lake Tahoe, as Mayor Tamara Wallace admits to stealing money from the local Presbyterian Church, and having attempted to end her own life because of it last month. The city of South Lake Tahoe was rollicked by news that arrived Monday in a pair of letters to the editor at local newspapers. In those letters, the city’s mayor of the last year Tamara Wallace openly admitted to stealing money from a church and attempting suicide because of it, as the Chronicle reports. Wallace made the stunning admission in two lengthy and identical letters to the Tahoe Daily Tribune and South Tahoe Now. Both were just p