Voters for a New California and Joaquin Ross

Campaign Committee Coordination

Fine: $6,500

FPPC No. 10/470

Respondent, Voters for a New California, purported to be a general purpose committee for the purpose of making independent expenditures to support Latino candidates. Respondent, Joaquin Ross, was a principal officer of the committee, and at the same time was a paid general campaign manager for Luis Alejo, a successful candidate for the California State Assembly. In approximately May 2010, Respondents Voters for a New California and Joaquin Ross made an over-the-limit non-monetary contribution in support of Luis Alejo’s candidacy for the California State Assembly in the form of three mass mailings, which cost approximately $28,892, in violation of Government Code Section 85301, subdivision(a) (1 count). Also, Respondents Voters for a New California and Joaquin Ross filed a false Form 460 campaign statement with the Secretary of State for the reporting period ending May 22, 2010, which concealed the over-the-limit contribution described above by falsely reporting it as an independent expenditure, in violation of Government Code Section 84211, subdivisions (b), (i), and (k) (1 count).