Nelson received $539 worth of wine from Potomac Partners, a Washington D.C.-based lobbying firm, a few weeks after he cast a deciding vote to award them a county contract. He says his approach is legal because he paid the contractors for the items out of campaign funds and will use them at an office event.
Tag: California Fair Political Practices Commission
Posted inCountywide, News Briefs, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
Orange County Dignity PAC Fined For Late Campaign Filings
Orange County Dignity PAC, a political action committee formed by the Orange County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, will be fined $827 by the Fair Political Practices Commission for failing to report two expenditures and filing a late report for a third expenditure.
Posted inAnaheim, News Briefs, Politics & Elections
Anaheim Councilwoman Denise Barnes Fined for Failing to Disclose Husband’s Income
Anaheim City Councilwoman Denise Barnes will be fined $100 by the state ethics agency for failing to disclose her husband’s income on her economic disclosure forms.
Posted inFullerton, News Briefs, Politics & Elections
Fullerton Group Fined by State Ethics Watchdog for “Carpetbagger” Campaign Signs Against Sukhee Kang
The group Fullerton Taxpayers for Reform will be fined $2,500 by the state’s ethics watchdog for distributing 500 campaign signs during the June 2016 primary election that failed to include proper funding disclosures.
Posted inSanta Ana
Watchdog Files Complaint Against Santa Ana Mayor
Shirley Grindle has alleged to the California Fair Political Practices Commission that Mayor Miguel Pulido violated state law when he stopped disclosing thousands of dollars in campaign debt.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Politics & Elections, Top Stories, Water, Power & Waste
Water District Push to Change Campaign Cash Law Continues
Some Orange County Water District board members are still working to ease restrictions on contributions from agency vendors, sources say.
Posted inGovernment, Politics & Elections, Top Stories, Transportation
Orange County’s Connections to Lobbyist’s Record FPPC Fine
A Sacramento lobbying firm, fined $133,000 for improper campaign contributions, has represented Anaheim, the county and the OCTA.
Posted inIrvine
Multi-State Network Formed to Track Campaign Finance
California Fair Political Practices Commission is teaming with similar agencies in nine other states to crack down on wrongdoing.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Complaint Filed Against Chairman of Metropolitan Water District Board
Activist alleges that John Foley, chairman of the Metropolitan Water District of California, did not report some of his and his wife’s income.
Posted inCountywide, Huntington Beach, Investigative, Top Stories, Water, Power & Waste
Conflict Questions Raised On Water Official’s Desal Vote
Fred Ameri of the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board was until Thursday a senior vice president of a firm that made hundreds of thousands of dollars working on the Poseidon desalination project.
