SAM Action, Inc., A Committee Against Proposition 64 with Help from Citizens (Nonprofit 501(c)(4)); Kevin Sabet-Sharghi; and David Bauer;

Campaign Reporting and Other Violations; and Campaign Non-Reporter

Fine: $6,000

FPPC No. 16/19641

SAM Action, Inc., A Committee Against Proposition 64 with Help from Citizens (Nonprofit 501(c)(4)) is multipurpose organization that qualified as a recipient committee on April 13, 2016. Kevin Sabet-Sharghi was the Committee’s principal officer. David Bauer was the Committee’s treasurer. The Committee, Sabet-Sharghi, and Bauer failed to timely change the Committee’s name to reflect the economic or special interest of a donor of $50,000, in violation of Government Code Sections 84101 and 84504, subdivision (a) (1 count); failed to timely report five contributions of $5,000 or more, in violation of Government Code Section 85309, subdivision (d) (1 count); failed to accurately report the total amount of and specific information regarding contributions it received on the semiannual campaign statement covering the reporting period of January 1, 2016 through June 30, 2016, in violation of Government Code Sections 84211, subdivisions (c) and (f) (1 count); and failed to timely file a Top 10 contributors list, in violation of Government Code Section 84223 and Regulation 18422.5, subdivision (a) (1 count).