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Ethics staff find coordinated spending with consultant led to excess contribution in Preston-related flyers
Summary
San Francisco Ethics Commission staff recommended and the commission unanimously approved a stipulated decision finding that coordinated communications produced flyers that created an excessive contribution to Supervisor Dean Preston’s campaign; respondents agreed to penalties covering the misreported spending.
San Francisco Ethics Commission staff recommended a stipulated decision finding coordinated spending by the Labor and Working Families Slate and consultant Daniel Anderson created an impermissible contribution benefiting Supervisor Dean Preston’s campaign, and the commission voted 4-0 to adopt the recommendation.
The commission’s enforcement counsel, Mr. D'Amico, summarized the case for the commission and members of the public. “This case involves respondents' Labor and Working Families Slate, which is a general purpose committee, and their consultant, Daniel Anderson,” D'Amico said, laying out staff’s view that text messages and other communications showed the consultant had coordinated timing, location and mode of…
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