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PDC finds violation, imposes $800 fine ( $650 suspended ) against Highline school board candidate Espinosa
Summary
The commission found Damaris Espinosa violated campaign reporting rules by failing to timely file required pre‑primary C4 reports and imposed an $800 fine with $650 suspended; the order conditions suspended amounts on future compliance and makes incremental portions due for future missed reports.
The commission found Damaris Espinosa, a candidate for Highline School District director, committed violations by failing to timely file required 21‑day or 7‑day pre‑primary C4 reports. After staff presented the case, Espinosa apologized for the late submissions. Chair Leach said he had read her written materials and found the violation as alleged.
Chair Leach imposed an $800 penalty and suspended $650 of that amount on conditions: compliance with reporting requirements for five years and payment of the unsuspended $150 within 30 days of the written order. Chair Leach amended his initial phrasing on the record to make part of the suspended fine become due incrementally for each missed future report so that "an additional $150 will become due if that report is not timely filed," he said.
The decision mirrors the hearing's broader enforcement approach: assess a monetary sanction, suspend most of it conditional on filing missing reports and remaining violation‑free, and make smaller increments of the suspended portion payable per missed future filing. Espinosa accepted the order and the hearing concluded with procedural directions for a written order to be issued.
