Huntington Beach Mayor Tony Strickland’s disclosure was 14 pages long, and disclosed a variety of business and investment interests, along with his home in Huntington Beach and a second address in Moorpark. Huntington Beach City Councilman Pat Burns disclosed his pension from his career as a police officer in Long Beach, along with his IRA accounts and house. Throughout Orange County, the total amount disclosed by each council member can also vary widely based on how much they choose to disclose. “We’ve seen officials across Orange County do this.” ![]() “He would withhold information, but also, he would mis-declare some of his assets and financial interests,” Vicente said. Vicente pointed to former Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido, who was investigated and fined multiple times for failing to properly disclose campaign contributions and conflicts of interest. “We’re seeing if these people prioritize their constituents or special interests.” “They serve as a really good way to support transparency in local government, and on our end it helps us identify potential conflicts of interest,” Vicente said in an interview. “But the Political Reform Act is designed to make sure public officials aren’t making decisions (in their jurisdiction) that would affect their material, financial interests.”ĭonations directly to candidates and city council members’ campaigns are disclosed in separate filings, but both are essential according to Bulmaro “Boomer” Vicente, policy director for Chispa, a Santa Ana-based nonprofit focused on getting people active in politics. Any public official can release all their finances if they want,” Wierenga said. “As far as revealing any and all income publicly, ask the legislature to change the law, they make the law. “If someone is making a living (which is not against the law) in one city their income comes from that business, which is not in the city where her/his/their decisions and votes would affect things in THAT city, which could then be a conflict,” said commission spokesperson Jay Wierenga in a statement.Īnd some cities, like La Habra, don’t post the city council income disclosures online.Īnyone who receives a government salary also doesn’t have to disclose where they get their paycheck from, including teachers, county employees, law enforcement and others.īut he also added that there’s no limit on how much council members can disclose if they choose to. Like This Free Civic News? Support Voice of OC Today. Most city council members have another source of income since their council positions don’t generate a lot of money.īut they only have to disclose where that money is coming from if it’s generated in the city they live in, according to FPPC officials. To review the FPPC’s list of regulations, click here. ![]() Under state election laws, every elected leader in each city is required to file a disclosure statement called a Form 700, which lists any investments, businesses, property, salary or gifts they benefited from over the last year.įor elected leaders there’s a strict series of rules on what has to be disclosed, which is enforced by the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission, but there’s still a lot the public doesn’t get to see. Subscribe to Voice of OC's Free Newsletter The Morning Report Today. The senior leaders of the BJP tried pacifying him but the attempts to stop him from quitting the party did not work.Subscribe for free! Wake Up Informed. The BJP denied a ticket for him from the Hubballi-Dharwad Central constituency and now he is contesting with a Congress ticket from the same seat. The Lingayat community will play a key role in his defeat,” he then told reporters.Īfter joining the Congress, Jagadish Shettar said that he was humiliated by the senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party and that led him to quit the party. What he has done to the party is unpardonable. “I am going to Hubballi and will personally monitor Shettar’s defeat. Last week, Yediyurappa also said that he will make sure that Shettar will lose in these elections. I can write with my blood that he will lose this election on a Congress ticket.” How can this happen? We should make sure he will be defeated here in Hubballi. With all his selfishness, he left the party and joined the Congress. ![]() Speaking at a meeting in Hubballi, Yediyurappa said, “Jagadish Shettar has backstabbed the BJP and the members of the party. ‘Can write with my blood that…’: Yediyurappa attacks Shettar at Hubballi Also Read - Who is Jagadish Shettar and why did he quit Karnataka BJP? He slammed former BJP leader Jagadish Shettar and challenged him to win on a Congress ticket in the region. Senior BJP leader and former Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa is actively campaigning at Hubballi region in Karnataka, ahead of assembly polls.
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