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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.
In the city’s only open council seat, police union-backed Jose Solorio, a former councilman and state assemblyman, is facing several grass-roots candidates.
Santa Ana City Council candidate Jose Solorio says he personally paid $2,880 to his campaign to reimburse what was spent on his apartment, following a Voice of OC report that the arrangement could violate state law.
Amid residency questions in a contentious seven-way City Council race, David De Leon has a message for his opponents: I’m showing you my lease, now show me yours.
Jose Solorio, who is running for Santa Ana City Council, moved from his family home in Ward 1 to an apartment in Ward 3 so he wouldn’t have to face an incumbent. But records show he’s using campaign funds to pay part of the rent, which could be against the law.
Solorio, who drew controversy late last year over luxurious taxpayer-funded travel as a community college trustee, is the first known candidate in a competitive council race.