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Cotati Residents Urge FPPC to Improve Complaint Process After Years of Local Disputes
Summary
Residents from Cotati, Sonoma County, told the Fair Political Practices Commission they face coordinated local enforcement and election abuses, and asked the state agency to strengthen investigative help and its complaint form. Speakers described long-running local code-enforcement and 700-form concerns and requested investigator assistanc
At the California Fair Political Practices Commission meeting on June 19, public commenters from Cotati, Sonoma County, urged the commission to improve its complaint process and provide more investigative assistance in complex, multi-party local disputes.
Laurie Alderman, a longtime Cotati resident, told commissioners she and others face a "complicated" situation involving multiple people, attorneys, city officials and city council members she says are using enforcement and code tools to "deprive people of…
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