Douglas Hanson, Committee to Re-Elect Mayor Doug Hanson to Indian Wells City Council 2012, and M. Elena Hanson

Campaign Reporting

Fine: $7,500

FPPC Nos. 14/549 and 14/775

Douglas Hanson was a candidate for the Indian Wells City Council in the November 6, 2012 General Election. Committee to Re-Elect Mayor Doug Hanson to Indian Wells City Council 2012 was his candidate-controlled committee. M. Elena Hanson was the Committee’s treasurer. The Committee, Hanson, and Hanson failed to timely report: expenditures and a contribution on the semiannual campaign statement covering the reporting period of January 1, 2012 through June 30, 2012; a contribution on the pre-election campaign statement covering the period of July 1, 2012 through September 30, 2012; accrued expenses, contributions, expenditures, and reimbursements on the pre-election campaign statement covering the reporting period of October 1, 2012 through October 20, 2012; and expenditures, contributions, and reimbursements on the semiannual campaign statement covering the period of October 21, 2012 through December 31, 2012, in violation of Government Code Section 84211 (2 counts); Additionally, the Committee, Hanson, and Hanson paid expenditures with personal funds without first depositing them into the Committee’s designated bank account, in violation of Government Code Section 85201 (1 count).