The state Fair Political Practices Commission determined that Solorio, a lobbyist and Santa Ana City Council Candidate, broke the law by using campaign funds on an apartment he is renting for personal use.
Tag: Election 2016
Posted inAnaheim, News Briefs, Transportation
Stakes Are High for Candidates Battling in Anaheim Council Races
With just days before voters go to the polls and control of the City Council majority hanging in the balance, candidates for District 4 and 5 council seats are attracting a lot of attention and money.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Santa Ana, Top Stories, Transportation
OC Supervisor Candidate Criticized for Absences, Travel and Stipends
Santa Ana Councilwoman Michele Martinez, who is running against Andrew Do for the 1st District seat, is drawing flak for numerous meeting absences, lucrative public stipends, and luxury travel on the taxpayers’ dime.
Posted inGarden Grove, Politics & Elections
Garden Grove City Council Race Is History in the Making
Regardless of who wins the District 6 seat, either Rickk Montoya or Kim Nguyen will be the city’s first-ever Latino council member. While the two Democrats have similar stances on the issues, the community is divided over their candidacies.
Posted inAnaheim, Politics & Elections
Disney Breaks Its Own Spending Record in This Year’s Anaheim Council Election
With a week to go until the election, The Walt Disney Company’s spending on Anaheim City Council races has blown past the record it set in 2014 and is approaching the $1-million mark, according to the most recent campaign finance filings.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Local Figures Loom Large in Death Penalty Ballot Measure
While Proposition 62, which would outlaw the death penalty in California, has received the most attention this election year, District Attorney Tony Rackauckas and local billionaire Henry Nicholas are championing a competing measure aimed at speeding up executions.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Candidates Offer Competing Prescriptions for What Ails Anaheim’s Scruffy West Side
Establishment candidates advocate more police and a continuation of tax subsidies for resort businesses, while others say such policies are ruinous.
Posted inSanta Ana
State Agency Investigating Solorio for Spending Campaign Cash on Apartment Rent
Officials with the Fair Political Practices Commission will investigate allegations that Jose Solorio, who is running for the Ward 3 seat on the Santa Ana City Council, violated state law through the arrangement.
Posted inSanta Ana
Has Mayor Pulido Found a Way Around Santa Ana’s Campaign Money Laws?
In a departure from his past campaigns, Miguel Pulido is apparently depending entirely on independent groups to run his re-election. But there are questions about whether he’s playing by the rules.
Posted inAnaheim
A Kaleidoscope of Candidates Gather at Anaheim Election Forum
The forum showed how district elections have made it possible for a new crop of political hopefuls — whose experiences are bringing to the fore issues that affect underserved communities — to run for Anaheim City Council seats.
