FPPC delays consideration of enforcement stipulation until December to avoid pre‑election perception issues
The commission’s presiding vice chair moved item 4 off the consent calendar and asked that a stipulation be taken up at the Dec. 3 meeting to avoid the appearance of influencing an election less than three weeks away. The commission voted to calendar the matter for December and accepted public comment and counsel input.
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The commission’s vice chair, presiding over item 4 after the chair recused, asked that a stipulation involving a sitting assembly member be removed from today’s consent calendar and taken up at the December 3 meeting. "I have no issue with this actual stipulation, but I'm gonna request that it be put over until the December 3 meeting," the vice chair said, noting a desire to avoid the perception that enforcement action could impact an imminent election.
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