California Fair Political Practices Commission
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Oct 14, 2026
Randy WangHOST
Um, if it's something that Republicans don't like, but it's not illegal, uh, th- that's, that's one thing.
Randy WangHOST
If there's another regulator that might be more specifically involved, like it doesn't apply to this, but the FPPC or, or a- another regulator, sometimes there's shared responsibility and the other, uh, the other regulator might, might take the lead.
Randy WangHOST
Uh, but we are very open to making sure that on, on all issues, that there's transparency, there's appropriate practices, that the invaluable, uh, s- state tax dollars and federal tax dollars that Californians pay are spent efficiently and wisely, and that they deliver, that there's return on investment, that- Clichés.
John PhillipsHOST
It, it's just wild that whenever he's asked a question about something that he should be spending his time on, he just doesn't care at all.
Rob BontaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
If it's something that Republicans don't like, but it's not illegal, that's one thing.
Rob BontaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
If there's another regulator that might be more specifically involved, like It doesn't apply to this, but the FPPC or another regulator.
Rob BontaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Sometimes there's shared responsibility and the other regulator might take the lead.
Rob BontaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But we are very open to making sure that on all issues that there's transparency, there's appropriate practices, that the invaluable state tax dollars and federal tax dollars that Californians pay are spent efficiently and wisely and that they deliver, that there's return on investment.
Rob BontaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
If it's something that Republicans don't like, but it's not illegal, that's one thing.
Rob BontaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
If there's another regulator that might be more specifically involved, like It doesn't apply to this, but the FPPC or another regulator.
Rob BontaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Sometimes there's shared responsibility and the other regulator might take the lead.
Rob BontaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But we are very open to making sure that on all issues that there's transparency, there's appropriate practices, that the invaluable state tax dollars and federal tax dollars that Californians pay are spent efficiently and wisely and that they deliver, that there's return on investment.
Rob BontaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
If it's something that Republicans don't like, but it's not illegal, that's one thing.
Rob BontaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
If there's another regulator that might be more specifically involved, like it doesn't apply to this, but the FPPC or another regulator, sometimes there's shared responsibility and the other regulator might take the lead.
Rob BontaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But we are very open to making sure that on all issues that there's transparency, there's appropriate practices that the invaluable state tax dollars and federal tax dollars that Californians pay are spent efficiently and wisely and that they deliver, that there's return on investment, that they're not wasted, that they're not misused or abused, that they are turned into services and conditions that make people's lives better here in California.
Ashley ZavalaCORRESPONDENT
But the inspector general is... saying explicitly that this authority is not complying with state law in a variety of ways.
Amy ReichertCORRESPONDENT
They then later removed that from their website saying he was a union organizer, and that is true.
Amy ReichertCORRESPONDENT
SEIU has donated $5,000 to his campaign according to documents filed with, uh, the Fair Political Practices Commission.
Amy ReichertCORRESPONDENT
But, uh, you know, I think it's worth bringing up because the Party for Socialist Liberation actually calls for, uh, the dismantling of the United States of America and the police and replacing them with armed citizens instead.
Amy ReichertCORRESPONDENT
So, uh, El Cajon, uh, please make sure that you support, uh, Bill Wells.
Amber R. MaltbieGUEST
Um, all of that was in effect in twenty twenty-four.
Amber R. MaltbieGUEST
Um, because of some of the practical effects that were seen with the Levine Act being applied in twenty twenty-four, additional amendments were made through the legislature and then again through the FPPC's regulation process to clarify and revine-- to, and, um, refine how the Levine Act applies.
Amber R. MaltbieGUEST
Um, slide please.
Amber R. MaltbieGUEST
So the Levine Act has three buckets, uh, or three components, um, in application.
Amber R. MaltbieGUEST
So breaking down what all of this means, I thought it made sense to start with what exactly is a proceeding, because all of these restrictions revolve around when there is a proceeding happening before an agency.
Amber R. MaltbieGUEST
So the, the Levine Act applies when you have a proceeding before an agency involving a license, a permit, or an other entitlement for use, which is defined as all business, professional, trade, and land use licenses and permits and all other entitlements for use, and this is a really important term, um, including land use, entitlements, contracts, and franchises.
Amber R. MaltbieGUEST
And then through regulations with the FPPC has further defined this as a proceeding to grant, deny, revoke, restrict, or modify a license, permit, or other entitlement to use that does not solely involve purely ministerial decisions and that is applied for by the party, formally or informally requested by the party, or if it's an action initiated by the state agency, or where there's a contract between the agency and the applicant.
Amber R. MaltbieGUEST
Um, next slide, please.
John CoopolGUEST
And then there's a link there to a website called AdWatch.
John CoopolGUEST
It's just A-D-W-A-T-C-H at fppc.ca.gov. We have worked with the FPPC in the past to try to rein in some of this illegal expenditure of taxpayer dollars.
Susan ShelleyHOST
Well, they certainly do waste a lot of your money, and then they come to you for a tax increase, and then they spend your money trying to persuade you to vote for the tax increase.
Susan ShelleyHOST
We have to put a stop to this, or at least, at the very least, we have to put back that two-thirds vote requirement so that we don't have these citizen initiative tax increase exceptions to the rule, which...
Gary HoffmannHOST
A couple of social media influencers have filed an ethics complaint.
Gary HoffmannHOST
Um, they actually had filed, if you remember, against Tom Steyer's governor's campaign, have now submitted complaints to the Fair Political Practices Commission and the LA City Ethics Commission accusing Nithya Raman's campaign of paying influencers without proper disclosure.
Gary HoffmannHOST
Their complaint, it turns out, got a little boost from the legal team across the hall at LA Mayor City, uh, LA Mayor Karen Bass's office.
Gary HoffmannHOST
Um, Caitlin Hennessy filed a complaint, acknowledged to the LA Times that the campaign, the Bass campaign, had actually steered them through a specific lawyer, which helped them prepare this complaint.
Philip TeresiHOST
And money construction, a lawsuit, are very front and center in this.
Philip TeresiHOST
State Center attorneys have been defending Fuentes against an anonymous complaint filed with the California Fair Political Practices Commission back in July.
Philip TeresiHOST
The complaint, signed by an anonymous group calling themselves the SCCCD Avengers, suggests that Fuentes violated the Levine Act, which is a state law to prevent elected officials from weighing in on decisions involving major campaign donors.
Philip TeresiHOST
In other words, it's an anti-pay-to-play law.
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Philip TeresiHOST
Talking about reporting from Fresno land, a California Fair Political Practices Commission complaint filed against Fresno City Council candidate Rob Fuentes.
Philip TeresiHOST
The complaint is signed by an anonymous group calling themselves the SCCCD Avengers.
Harry JacobsHOST
Stole benefits.
Harry JacobsHOST
Got herself in trouble with the Fair Political Practices Commission by using campaign funds in a way that was not right.
Harry JacobsHOST
Lied to multiple men about pregnancies.
Harry JacobsHOST
This is Laura Owens.
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