Gallegos and 2002 campaign treasurer to pay $10,000 fine
by Diane M. Batley, 9/2/2005
Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos and his 2002 campaign treasurer Stephen Arnot were fined $10,000 on Thursday by the California Fair Political Practices Commission for campaign reporting violations.
It was an unfortunate situation,” Arnot said. “I’m glad to see that the commission approved the stipulation.”
The paperwork should have been filed properly, Gallegos previously told The Eureka Reporter.
“It should have been done. It could have been done. It wasn’t done,” Gallegos said. “We acknowledge it was our failure and we pay the fine. That’s pretty much all you can do. Basically it was a clerical failure in a big way. Basically, we filed late and in that, there was a failure to give the employment information for eight people, one of them being my brother. Another was a family friend. That information was all available. We just did not put it in due to an oversight. I imagine (it was) due to the rush of filing.”
In a stipulation, decision and order, Gallegos and Arnot agreed to pay an administrative penalty to the General Fund of the State of California in the amount of $10,000 for the six counts against them.
“The parties agree to enter into this stipulation to resolve all factual and legal issues raised by this matter and to reach a final disposition without the necessity of holding an administrative hearing to determine the liability of respondents,” the stipulation, decision and order stated.
The counts include failing to disclose a $2,500 late contribution in a properly filed late contribution report, failing to disclose occupation and employer information for contributions of $100 or more, failing to return contributions totaling $6,835 within 60 days of receipt for which they did not have occupation and employer information and failing to timely file a post-election semi-annual campaign statement.
The Eureka Reporter was unable to reach Gallegos for a comment on the decision.
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