Commerce Councilwoman Tina Baca Del Rio will pay a $55,000 fine and admit to multiple violations of the state’s political ethics law under a possible deal reached Thursday with state election regulators. Under the proposed terms Baca Del Rio would admit to only half of the 24 counts. Part of that penalty can be paid from campaign funds, but the portion that is related to misusing campaign funds must come from her own pocket. They included allegations that she spent campaign funds on a kitchen remodel and improperly transferred more than $8,000 from her campaign into her personal bank account. FPPC investigators had concluded that Baca Del Rio had never made the loans she recorded on paper.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 22, 2016 00:25 UTC