Is group supporting SLO County supervisor (D) breaking law? DA warns of 'serious concern'
The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office sent a notice to a newly formed group that has spent thousands supporting supervisor candidate Jimmy Paulding expressing “serious concern” that the committee had misclassified itself — and threatened to file charges if corrective status is not taken soon.
In a letter issued Wednesday to the South County Coalition’s treasurer, Dorothy Hines, District Attorney Dan Dow said that the committee filed campaign documents that appear to show it was not acting as a general purpose committee since it seemed to be solely supporting SLO County Supervisor Jimmy Paulding in the District 4 race.
In the committee’s filings to the California Secretary of State’s office, the group said it was created to “advocate for candidates in south San Luis Obispo County,” Hines wrote in the document.
But so far, the group has spent more than $13,000 of the more than $45,000 it has raised to date on supporting Paulding’s candidacy. It has not spent any funds on other candidates in southern SLO County.
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