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This is a list of California public officials charged with crimes while in office. It includes both elected and appointed officials who were indicted for or formally accused of criminal activities while in office. Those not convicted or those who were acquitted or whose convictions were overturned are legally presumed to be innocent.

The first section is an alphabetical listing of officials mentioned in the article. The second section lists the officials by jurisdiction.

The list does not include grand jury indictments or other legal charges for which the only penalty is removal from office.

For some of the terms used below, see: Acquittal, bribery, charge, conflict of interest, conviction, corruption, embezzlement, extortion, felony, fraud, grand jury, indictment, innocence, misdemeanor, parole, probation, sentence.

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  1. Richard Alarcon, Los Angeles
  2. Gerald Allison, Westminster
  3. Joe Anaya, Parlier
  4. Philip L. Anthony, Orange County
  5. Yvonne Arceneaux, Compton
  6. Luis Artiga, Bell
  7. Roy Ashburn, state
  8. Jim Ayres, San Jacinto
  9. Nancy Jo Ayres, San Jacinto
  10. Willard E. Badham, state
  11. Robert Battin, Orange County
  12. Burton Becker, Alameda County
  13. G. Vernon Beckett, Los Angeles
  14. Victor Bello, Bell
  15. Lynn Bedford, San Joaquin County
  16. Paul Antoine Biane, San Bernardino County
  17. James E. Black, Westminster
  18. Daniel E. Blackburn, San Mateo County
  19. S.G. Blood, Alameda
  20. Bert Bond, Long Beach
  21. William G. Bonelli, state
  22. James P. Booth, San Bernardino County
  23. Omar Bradley, Compton
  24. Ernest K. Bramblett, federal
  25. David B. Brearly, Vernon
  26. Richard Breceda, Irwindale
  27. James Brown, San Joaquin County
  28. Charles W. Broyles, Alameda
  29. Elwood Bruner, state
  30. Frank Bryson, Los Angeles County
  31. Harry Bunkers, state
  32. C.Y. Burns, Venice
  33. Isaac J. Button, Sonoma County
  34. David Capra, Temple City
  35. Mike Carona, Orange County
  36. Paul B. Carpenter, state
  37. Loraine Chapin, San Diego
  38. Howard Cherry, San Diego County
  39. Helen Cobb, Helen Cobb
  40. Carl J. Coburn, San Mateo
  41. George Cole, Bell
  42. William Cormack, Los Angeles
  43. J.E. Crouch, Venice
  44. Randy (Duke) Cunningham, federal
  45. Frank Curran, San Diego
  46. Henry P. Dalton, Alameda County
  47. James M. Damron, state
  48. Howard W. Davis, Los Angeles
  49. Dante Dayacap, San Diego
  50. Joseph Debenedetti, San Mateo
  51. Neil Derry, San Bernardino County
  52. PIetro Di Carlo, Los Angeles
  53. Ralph Diedrich, Orange County
  54. Terry Dipple, San Dimas
  55. Roy L. Donley, Los Angeles
  56. Gordon Dorfsmith, Westminster
  57. Roosevelt F. Dorn, Inglewood
  58. Charles E. Downs, Los Angeles
  59. Baxter Dunn, San Joaquin County
  60. Earle B. Duskin, Baldwin Park
  61. H.B. Eakins, Venice
  62. Jerry Eaves, San Bernardino County
  63. Eugene A. Edwards, Westminster
  64. Robert Effey, Santa Cruz
  65. Walter J. (Jake) Egan, Carson
  66. E.J. Emmons, state
  67. Jim Erwin, San Bernardino County
  68. Robert Eula, Commerce
  69. Bobbi Fiedler, federal
  70. Leland Fisher, Benicia
  71. Buron Fitts, Los Angeles County
  72. John F. Fitzpatrick, Los Angeles
  73. Joseph M. Frances, San Mateo
  74. Frank French, state
  75. Ray Fritz, Alameda
  76. Tad Fujita, Westminster
  77. Justin Garcia, Irwindale
  78. E.A. Gerety, Venice
  79. David Garofalo, Huntington Beach
  80. Ron Gonzales, San Jose
  81. Sidney T. Graves, Los Angeles County
  82. Lawrence Grissom, San Diego
  83. Linda Luz Guevera Huntington Park
  84. A.B. Hamilton, Merced County
  85. Hillard Hamm, Compton
  86. Richard T. Hanna, federal
  87. Thomas D. Harp. state
  88. Mary Hayashi, state
  89. Roger Hedgecock, San Diego
  90. Robert B. Hedrick, Compton
  91. Mike Hernandez, Los Angeles
  92. Oscar Hernandez, Bell
  93. Frank Hill, state
  94. Andrew Jackson Hinshaw, Orange County
  95. James Hlawek, San Bernardino County
  96. Allen Hitch, Allen Hitch
  97. L.T. Holland, Los Angeles County
  98. John H. Hoeppel, federal
  99. Tom Hom, San Diego
  100. C.B. Horrall, Los Angeles
  101. Pamela J. Houchen, Huntington Beach
  102. John C. Houlihan, Oakland
  103. S.R. Houser, Sonoma County
  104. George Howes, California City
  105. Jeffrey Hubbard, Beverly Hills Unified School District
  106. Ralph Inzunza, San Diego
  107. Phil C. Jacks, Commerce
  108. Teresa Jacobo, Bell
  109. Floyd A. James, Compton
  110. Ed Jew, San Francisco
  111. John D. Johnson II, Compton
  112. C.T. Jones, Sacramento County
  113. Asa Keyes, Los Angeles County
  114. William Kott, Anaheim
  115. Jay Kim, federal
  116. Ronald C. Kline, Orange County
  117. William H. Kraus, Norwalk
  118. R.C. Lowell, Sacramento County
  119. Zeb Knott, Contra Costa County
  120. Carl Ingold Jacobson, Los Angeles
  121. Leonard M. Landsborough, Sacramento County
  122. Lawrence A. Lennebach, Cabazon
  123. John B. Leonis, Vernon
  124. Cathy Lewin, San Diego
  125. William J. Locke, Alameda
  126. Walter C. Lockwood, Los Angeles
  127. George Lord, Nevada County
  128. Martin Ludlow, Los Angeles
  129. Arthur Loya, Commerce
  130. Herbert Madden, Sausalito
  131. Albert B. Melony, San Francisco
  132. Leonis Malburg, Vernon
  133. Bruce V. Malkenhorst Sr., Vernon
  134. John Mansperger, San Jacinto
  135. Uvaldo Martinez, San Diego
  136. Ernest Mayer Jr., Long Beach
  137. Thomas J. McGeoghegan, San Jose
  138. James Stuart McKnight, Los Angeles
  139. James McLean, Irwindale
  140. Derek McWhinney, Westminster
  141. George Meinhardt, Westminster
  142. Charles E. Miles, Los Angeles County
  143. George Mirabel, Bell
  144. Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco
  145. Walter L. Mitchell Jr., Redondo Beach
  146. A.A. Montaño, Los Angeles County
  147. Joseph B. Montoya, state
  148. Floyd Morrow, Floyd Morrow
  149. Bruce Munroe, Alameda
  150. Martin Murphy, Santa Clara County
  151. Frederick F. Myer, Alameda County
  152. Ed Neal, Vista
  153. John Henry Nedderman, Oakland
  154. Pat Nolan, state
  155. Louis R. Nowell, Los Angeles
  156. Donal O'Callaghan, Vernon
  157. James Potts, San Jacinto
  158. Lawrence O'Rourke, Commerce
  159. Ray Ortiz, San Diego County
  160. Arthur Paysen, Westminster
  161. John D. Pitts, Bell
  162. John Pornierski, Upland
  163. Bill Postmus, San Bernardino County
  164. John Preku, Bishop
  165. Thomas Price, Merced County
  166. Maurice H. Quigley, Commerce
  167. Amen Rahh, Compton
  168. Ed Reinecke, state
  169. Paul H. Richards II, Lynwood
  170. Alan Robbins, state
  171. E.M. Roberts, Kern County
  172. Albert T. Robles, South Gate
  173. J. Ellis Rodley, Chico
  174. Hans W. Roebke, Alameda
  175. LeRoy Rose, Fullerton
  176. Abe M. Rosenfeld, Los Angeles
  177. Robert Rizzo, Bell
  178. Karl L. Rundberg, Los Angeles
  179. Ronald Saathoff, San Diego
  180. Peter Sabatino Jr., West Covina
  181. Mike Schaefer, Mike Schaeffer
  182. Harry Scheidle, Harry Scheidle
  183. Eugene Schmitz, San Francisco
  184. Jay Scott, Fresno County
  185. William S. Scott, San Francisco
  186. Timinado Scovotti, Baldwin Park
  187. Charles E. Sebastian, Los Angeles
  188. E.C. Seymour, San Bernardino County
  189. Thomas D. Shepard, Los Angeles
  190. Harvey Silberman, Los Angeles County
  191. C. Ray Smith, Crescent City
  192. Carolyn Smith, San Diego
  193. John F. Smith, Alameda County
  194. Keith Smith, Los Angeles
  195. V.A. Solari, Tuolumne County
  196. Ernestine Solorio, Irwindale
  197. Angela Spaccia, Bell
  198. Robert Nicholas Starr, Los Angeles
  199. C.E. Stauter, Needles
  200. Marc A. Stefano, Fresno
  201. Robert Stevenson, Los Angeles
  202. Fred E. Stewart, state
  203. David W. Stilwell, Bakersfield
  204. David Stubblefield, San Jacinto
  205. John J. Sullivan, Oakland
  206. Bob J. Talbert, Corona
  207. Valerie Terrigno, West Hollywood
  208. Harry W. Thomas, Oakland
  209. Walter R. Tucker III, Compton
  210. Joel Turner, Los Angeles
  211. Luis Tury Jr., Rosemead
  212. Jack Vallerga, Orange County
  213. Richardo Vasquez, Commerce
  214. Paul A. Vincilione, Sausalito
  215. John B. Walsh, John B. Walsh
  216. Charles Ward, San Joaquin County
  217. George D. Watson, Los Angeles
  218. Teresa Webster, San Diego
  219. H.W. Weineke, San Diego County
  220. Harry K. Weitzel, San Diego
  221. Peter Werrlein Jr., Bell
  222. C.L. Westlake, Monterey County
  223. Myron A. Whidden, Alameda County
  224. Henry G. Whiddon, Rosemead
  225. Augustus C. Widber, San Francisco
  226. Maxwell M. Willens, San Joaquin County
  227. William H. Williams, state
  228. Cathe Wilson, Temple City
  229. James Wilson, Long Beach
  230. Judy Wong, Temple City
  231. Frederic T. Woodman, Los Angeles
  232. Danny Allen Woolard, Moorpark
  233. Russell Woolfolk, Compton
  234. Eli Wright, state
  235. Roderick Wright, state
  236. Michael Zucchet, San Diego
  237. Delores Zurita, Compton

Federal[edit]

The dates at the beginning of each listing are approximate.

  • 1936: Representative John H. Hoeppel, convicted of trying to sell an appointment to the West Point Military Academy. [1]
  • 1954: Representative Ernest K. Bramblett, convicted of making false statements to the House Disbursing Office in a scheme that padded his office payroll to conceal kickbacks.[2]
  • 1974: Representative Richard T. Hanna, convicted in an influence-buying scandal. [3]
  • 1986: Representative Bobbi Fiedler, charged with political corruption and accused of offering $100,000 to a rival if he would withdraw from the senatorial primary. The indictment was dismissed by Judge Robert Altman.[4]
  • 1994: Representative Jay Kim, guilty of federal campaign violations in his 1992 campaign.[5]
  • 2006: Representative Randy (Duke) Cunningham, convicted of bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud and tax evasion. [6]

State[edit]

Executive[edit]

  • 1975: Lieutenant Governor Ed Reinecke, convicted of perjury and sentenced to 18 months in prison as part of the Watergate investigation. He resigned one day before his sentencing, which was overturned on appeal because "the Senate Judiciary Committee before which he was accused of perjuring himself had failed to publish its rule permitting a one-man quorum."[7][8]

Legislative[edit]

  • 1890–91: State Assemblyman James M. Damron, charged along with Los Angeles Justice of the Peace Walter C. Lockwood with forgery of a promissory note and discounting it at a bank.[9][10] He was arrested on two other counts of forgery as well.[11] He was acquitted on the promissory-note charge by a jury that deliberated only twenty minutes.[12] He was charged with three additional counts of forgery in January 1891,[13] and this case resulted in a hung jury.[14] A new trial brought the same result.[15] The charges were finally dismissed in September 1891.[16]
  • 1891: State Senator Thomas D. Harp of Tuolumne, Merced and Stanislaus counties, indicted for malfeasance.[17][18][19]
  • 1891: State Senator William H. Williams of San Francisco, charged with receiving $1,000 to influence his vote on a bill to reassess railroads, $500 for his vote on a measure to create Riverside County and $250 for selling his vote on the Pilot bill.[20]
  • 1891–92: Assemblyman Elwood Bruner of Sacramento County, accused of soliciting bribes. Charges were dropped when juries would not convict.[21][22][23][24][25][26]
  • 1905: State Senators Harry Bunkers and Frank French of San Francisco County, E.J. Emmons of Kern County, and Eli Wright of Santa Clara County, accused of soliciting and receiving bribes in connection with an investigation into building and loan associations.[27][28] Bunkers and Emmons were found guilty and served time in prison. French was found innocent after a trial, and Wright fled the country, returning only after the indictment against him was dismissed.[29]
  • 1928–29: Willard E. Badham, legislator in the 72nd Assembly District, Los Angeles, accused of failing to file his primary election expense report within fifteen days after the 1928 election, dismissed in municipal court on the grounds that only the Legislature had jurisdiction over the case and that the law under which he was charged was unconstitutional, 1929.[30]
  • 1939 and after: Fred E. Stewart and William G. Bonelli, members of the State Board of Equalization, indicted by a Los Angeles grand jury in November 1939 on charges of soliciting bribes in a $10 million "annual liquor license pay-off scandal." Charges against Stewart were later dismissed, and Bonelli fled to Mexico, where he died in November 1970.
  • 1990-94: An FBI investigation called Shrimpscam or BRISPEC targeted corruption in the California legislature. Five convictions were obtained.
  1. Senator Alan Robbins (D) resigned on November 21, 1991, in advance of pleading guilty to federal racketeering charges in connection with insurance-industry bribes.[31][32]
  2. Senator Joseph B. Montoya (D) was convicted in April 1990 of rackeetering, extortion and money laundering and was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison.[33][34]
  3. Senator Frank Hill (R) and his aide were found guilty of corruption and money laundering and sentenced to 46 months in prison. (1994) [35][36]
  4. State Assemblyman Pat Nolan (R) served 29 months for bribery.[37][37]
  5. Board of Equalization member Paul B. Carpenter (D) was found guilty of 11 counts of obstruction of justice and money laundering. (1993) [38]
  • 2008–11: State Senator Roderick Wright, charged with two counts of perjury, one count of filing a false declaration of candidacy and five counts of voting fraud. A grand jury accused him of lying about his address when he filed to run for office in 2008. Two of the charges were dismissed by a judge in March 2011 but the others were maintained.[39]
  • 2010: State Senator Roy Ashburn, convicted of drunk driving after pleading no contest.[40]
  • 2011–12: Assembly Member Mary Hayashi, who pleaded guilty to shoplifting from a Neiman-Marcus store.[41][42]

Alameda County[edit]

  • 1881: Ex-Supervisor John F. Smith, "three charges of felony," and Supervisor Frederick F. Myer, the same.[43]
  • 1894–97: County Auditor Myron A. Whidden, charged with stealing tax receipts and forging documents to cover it up.[44] The charges were dismissed after the prosecution failed to prove its case.[45]
  • 1902: County Assessor Henry P. Dalton, acquitted of a charge that he presented a fraudulent claim against the county.[46]
  • After 1926: Burton Becker, sheriff, convicted of corruption.[citation needed]

Alameda[edit]

  • 1936: City Manager Ray Fritz, convicted of perjury and "inducing a witness to give false testimony to the grand jury in its investigation of Alameda municipal affairs."[47] The case was highlighted by the discovery of a system of dictograph recording machines that fed into a "master amplifier" in Fritz's office.[48] Fritz was sentenced to San Quentin Prison.[49] Mayor Hans W. Roebke and Council Members C.W. Broyles and Bruce Munroe pleaded guilty to petty theft. Indictments against William J. Locke, city attorney, and S.G. Blood, city clerk, were dismissed.[50]

Oakland[edit]

  • 1898: Harry W. Thomas, secretary of the Board of Public Works, charged with subornation of perjury attempted on a grand jury witness.[51] The trial judge ruled the prosecution's evidence was "incompetent," and directed an acquittal. [52]
  • 1915: Police Chief John Henry Nedderman, acquitted of a charge that he accepted a bribe to protect a gambling club. Other charges along the same line were then dismissed.[53]
  • 1920: Police Judge John J. Sullivan, charged with receipt of a bribe in his dismissal of the case against a man accused of an assault on a mother and child.[54] The case was dropped by the prosecution for lack of corroborative evidence.[55]
  • 1960s: John C. Houlihan, mayor from 1961 to 1966, pleaded guilty to taking nearly $100,000 from an estate he was handling as an attorney. He served two years in prison and was pardoned in 1973 by President Reagan after being released on parole.[56]

Butte County[edit]

Chico[edit]

  • 1899–1906: Mayor J. Ellis Rodley, sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of perjury in the witnessing of a forged will offered for probate. Granted a parole in 1906.[57]

Contra Costa County[edit]

  • 1916: Supervisor Zeb Knott of Richmond, indicted on a charge he accepted money from the owner of a roadhouse on San Pablo Avenue in the Stege community, to help in securing a liquor license and in preventing the supervisors from passing an ordinance that would have forbidden aliens from working in saloons. The complaint was lodged by the Italian consul in San Francisco on behalf of the owner.[58]

Del Norte County[edit]

Crescent City[edit]

  • 1987: Mayor C. Ray Smith, charged with felonies in the burning of a dilapidated city pier, sentenced to a misdemeanor term of 30 days at home and three years' probation. He also issued a public apology "for making misleading statements after the incident." [59]

Fresno County[edit]

  • 1894–95: Sheriff Jay Scott, indicted on a charge that he allowed two federal prisoners to "go at large from the county jail without lawful order or authority."[60] The indictment was voided by a U.S. judge in Los Angeles County on the grounds that it was badly drawn.[61]

Fresno[edit]

  • 1975: City Council Member Marc A. Stefano, indicted twice "on allegations that he accepted bribes from contractors. He was found not guilty in two trials that were moved from Fresno to courts in Oakland and San Jose."[62]

Parlier[edit]

  • 1985: Police Chief Joe Anaya, accused of electronically eavesdropping on a closed city council meeting where plans to fire him were being discussed.[63]

Inyo County[edit]

Bishop[edit]

  • 1972–73: Police Chief John Preku, who was one of 10 Californians indicted by federal grand juries in March 1973 on misdemeanor charges of filing fraudulent tax certificates. All were members of tax-protest groups. Preku claimed the income tax was unconstitutional. He was fired from his job as chief, but was acquitted by U.S. District Judge M.D. Crocker, who said Preku acted "without malicious intent."[64][65][66]

Kern County[edit]

  • 1895: Supervisor E. M. Roberts, indicted for rendering and collecting fraudulent claims against the county for road work on Union Avenue. He was acquitted on order of the judge.[67][68]

Bakersfield[edit]

  • 1928: City Treasurer David W. Stilwell, ousted from office after being indicted on charges of misappropriating $15,000 in city funds. He pleaded guilty to two counts.[69][70]

California City[edit]

  • 1977–79: City Manager George Howes, sentenced to three years' probation and fined $1,260 on conflict-of-interest charges centered on the construction of the Tierra del Sol Municipal Golf Course in California City. At the time of his trial and plea of no contest, he was city manager of Walnut, California.[71]

Los Angeles County[edit]

  • 1886: Charles E. Miles, county recorder, indicted for embezzling more than $11,000 in county funds, acquitted by a jury when he repaid the money.[72]
  • 1888–90: County Auditor A.A. Montaño, acquitted of a charge of drawing an illegal warrant.[73]
  • 1901: Coroner L.T. Holland, charged with billing the county for train fare while on official business when he actually used free passes, acquitted after the presiding judge ruled out of order his admission to a grand jury that he had done so. No other evidence was available.[74]
  • 1928: Asa Keyes, district attorney convicted of accepting a bribe from the Julian Petroleum Company.[75]
  • 1933: Sidney T. Graves, county supervisor convicted in a state court of accepting a bribe and in a federal court of evading taxes.[76]
  • 1934 and before: Frank Bryson, county public administrator, accused of taking public money from the estates of deceased people under his control. Acquitted by a judge who determined that the money did not actually belong to the state and that the indictment was therefore faulty.[77]
  • 1934: Buron Fitts, district attorney indicted for bribery and perjury. Acquitted.[78]
  • 2009–11: Superior Judge Harvey Silberman, accused of offering to pay an opponent to drop out of a 2008 election. Acquitted by a jury in August 2011.[79]

Baldwin Park[edit]

  • 1956: Council members Earle B. Duskin and Timinado Scovotti, accused of bribery in connection with a city zoning matter. Scovotti was acquitted, but Duskin was convicted. Duskin was also a member of a local school board. He was granted probation.[80][81][82]

Bell[edit]

  • 1983–85: City Administrator John D. Pitts, sentenced to six months in federal prison, and Councilman Peter Werrlein Jr., three years in prison and a $21,000 fine, for corruption involving their hidden ownership of a poker club within the city limits. Werrlein also forfeited $400,000 in profits from the club's operation.[83]
  • 2010-12: Luis Artiga, Victor Bello, George Cole, Oscar Hernandez, Teresa Jacobo, George Mirabel, Robert Rizzo and Angela Spaccia, charged in the City of Bell salary controversy.[84]

Beverly Hills Unified[edit]

  • 2005-12: Jeffrey Hubbard, school superintendent, charged with misappropriating public funds. He denied the accusation.[85][86] He was found guilty of redirecting money to a subordinate without permission and served four days of a 60-day sentence.[87]

Carson[edit]

  • 1986: City Councilman Walter J. (Jake) Egan, sentenced to a year in federal prison and fined $5,000 for accepting kickbacks from manufacturer W. Patrick Moriarty and a Moriarty aide "in exchange for supporting a plan to build a mobile-home park in Carson." He was found guilty on 11 counts of mail fraud and extortion.[88]

Commerce[edit]

  • 1973: City Administrator Lawrence O'Rourke and City Councilman Maurice H. Quigley, pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy in soliciting a bribe from a contractor. O'Rourke was sentenced to six months in jail, and Quigley was fined $1,000 and placed on four years' probation. In 1976 Quigley's conviction was reduced to a misdemeanor and then dismissed.[89][90][91][92][93]
  • 1983–85: Robert Eula, Arthur Loya and Ricardo Vasquez, City Council members, and Phil C. Jacks, economic development director, pleaded guilty to receiving bribes in the granting of permission for a poker club in the city.[94] They were given "relatively light sentences," the maximum being 10 months, in exchange for their testimony against Orange County businessman and Las Vegas gambling figure Frank J. Sansone.[95]

Compton[edit]

  • 1931 and earlier: Robert B. Hedrick, city treasurer, pleaded guilty to stealing from the city "over a period of years."[96]
  • 1965–1978: City Council Members Russell Woolfolk and Hillard Hamm, convicted of extortion in connection with a community redevelopment real-estate purchase, sentenced to three years in federal prison, five years' probation and fines of $10,000.[97]
  • 1985–87: City Councilman Floyd A. James, whose felony charge of campaign-election violation was reduced to a misdemeanor in a plea bargain, fined $15,000 and placed on three years' probation. He was also ordered to serve 80 hours of community service picking up trash on a freeway.[98]
  • 1996: Walter R. Tucker III, mayor and council member, convicted on charges of extortion and tax evasion. At the time of conviction he was a U.S. Congress member.[99]
  • 2004: Mayor Omar Bradley, Council Member Amen Rahh and City Manager John D. Johnson II, all convicted of misappropriation of public funds and unauthorized loans of public money. Council members Delores Zurita and Yvonne Arceneaux, acquitted of the same charges.[100]

Huntington Park[edit]

  • 2002: Councilwoman Linda Luz Guevera, convicted of falsely claiming she lived in the city, sentenced to 180 days in jail.[101]

Inglewood[edit]

  • 2010: Mayor Roosevelt F. Dorn, charged with felony misappropriation of public funds, using an unauthorized loan for private profit and conflict of interest, all charges of which were dismissed. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor conflict of interest.[102]

Irwindale[edit]

  • 1960–1961: Former Mayor Justin Garcia, former City Manager James McLean and Ernestine Solorio, deputy registrar of voters, arrested on secret grand jury indictments charging violation of state election laws in recall elections of October 1959 and July 1960.[103] All counts against Garcia and McLean were dismissed by a Superior Court judge.[104] Solorio was found guilty after a jury trial.[105]
  • 1972–73: City Councilman Richard Breceda and two real estate dealers, charged in October 1972 with conspiracy to commit criminal libel, extortion, administration of a restricted dangerous drug, administration of chloroform with intent to assist in the commission of a felony, false imprisonment and oral copulation, all accused of a plot to blackmail Mayor Richard Diaz into supporting legalized gambling.[106] He was acquitted by order of Superior Judge Thomas C. Murphy.[107] Breceda was indicted the next year on twenty counts of violating the Election Code in luring people to the city to vote for a particular candidate.[108] He was sentenced to a year in jail.[109]

Long Beach[edit]

  • 1972–77: Ernest Mayer Jr., city planning director, sentenced to state prison for accepting more than $50,000 from two architects "for favors on six multi-million-dollar projects in the city."[110]
  • 1974–77: City Council Member Bert Bond, cleared of a charge that he conspired to operate an illegal gambling business in Long Beach by a judge who said the government's proof was "weak, extremely weak."[111]
  • 1978–1986: James Wilson, city council member for 16 years, convicted of 21 counts of mail fraud and violating public disclosure laws by failing to report $54,000 in payments from manufacturer W. Patrick Moriarty, who wanted to open Long Beach to the legal sale of fireworks.[112] Wilson was sentenced to three years in prison on one count, and the others were suspended.[113] He died of an apparent heart attack about a month after sentencing and never served time in prison.[114]

Los Angeles[edit]

  • 1870: Mayor Joel Turner, eight members of the City Council and two members of a previous council, indicted by a grand jury for felony. "It is said that an issue of city scrip of over $50,000 has been made and that less than one fifth only is now accounted for, and that the books containing the stubs are not to be found." Each was freed on bail.[115] Turner was convicted of malfeasance.[116]
  • 1890: Justice of the Peace Walter C.[117] Lockwood, charged along with State Assemblyman James M. Damron with forgery of a promissory note and discounting it at a bank.[9][10] Later accused of harboring and protecting Damron, a "fugitive from justice," but a trial in that case resulted in a hung jury.[118] Both cases were eventually dismissed.[119] Also charged with embezzling $300 from Los Angeles County in that he did not turn over to the county bail money he had received from a defendant in his court,[120] but prosecution failed because of another hung jury.[121] A judge dismissed the case,[122] and Lockwood left the city before he could be rearrested.[123]
  • 1915 and before: Police Chief Charles E. Sebastian, acquitted of a charge that he had contributed to the delinquency of a 17-year-old girl.[124]
  • 1919: Mayor Frederic T. Woodman, acquitted of a charge that he had accepted a bribe to "protect vice."[125][126]
  • 1925: Charles E. Downs and John F. Fitzpatrick, City Council members, convicted of receiving a bribe to influence their votes on a contract.[127]
  • 1927: City Councilman Carl Ingold Jacobson, accused of entering a room for immoral purposes, hung jury. It was later determined that the councilman had been the victim of a frame-up.[128]
  • 1931–34: Former City Council members Roy L. Donley and James Stuart McKnight, acquitted of charges that they agreed to accept a $10,000 bribe to influence their votes on the council.[129]
  • 1938–39: City Councilman Howard W. Davis, acquitted in 1939 of a charge he had accepted bribes to influence his actions as a public official. Exonerated after trial by a judge.[130]
  • 1939–41: William Cormack, general manager of the city's Civil Service Commission, indicted along with Joseph E. Shaw, brother of Mayor Frank L. Shaw, and prosecuted on 63 counts of conniving with a city employee to change grades on civil service examinations. Their convictions were overturned and finally dismissed in 1941.[131]
  • 1941–46: Abe M. Rosenfeld, former Los Angeles Harbor commissioner, charged with misappropriations of public money in connection with the purchases of land in the Wilmington district. Cleared by a judge who called the assertions "entirely and wholly unfounded."[132][133]
  • 1948–49: Police Chief C.B. Horrall, tried on a charge of perjury involving the investigation of the relationship between a police officer and the operator of a call girl ring. He was acquitted in a non-jury trial.[134][135]
  • 1950: City Council Member G. Vernon Bennett, pleaded guilty to a charge of disturbing the peace and was fined $100. Another charge, lewd vagrancy, was dismissed.[136]
  • 1968–71: Four current and former city commissioners, all indicted in December 1968 in connection with a $12 million city World Trade Center contract by the Los Angeles Harbor Commission. They were Keith Smith, a member of the Human Relations Commission, whose construction firm was awarded the contract without competitive bidding; Harbor Commissioner George D. Watson, and former Harbor Commissioners Karl L. Rundberg and Robert Nicholas (Nick) Starr. Rundberg and Starr were accused of receiving more than $6,000 worth of office furniture from Smith for a testing laboratory business. Watson was accused of one count of bribery "involving a complex stock transaction he had with Smith." Also named was PIetro Di Carlo, former Harbor Commission president, who was found drowned in the harbor in November.[137] Starr's conviction on the bribery charge involving the furniture was overturned by a Court of Appeals in 1970 on a 2–1 vote. Rundberg was also convicted, but he died in 1968, before the appeal could be heard. The two were acquitted on a charge they received a kickback from Smith.[138] Watson was convicted of a conflict-of-interest charge. Smith was acquitted.[139]
  • 1969–70: City Councilman Robert Stevenson, indicted in February 1970 on charges of conspiracy and bribery in the asserted proposed establishment of gambling dens in Chinatown the previous year. Authorities said a multimillion-dollar-a-year operation was planned.[140] He and other defendants were freed when a jury could not reach a verdict; the trial judge declared a mistrial and dismissed the charges.[141]
  • 1968–1973: Thomas D. Shepard, City Council member from the west San Fernando Valley, convicted of bribery in a zone-change matter, served 15 months in prison. Former Recreation and Parks Commissioner Mel Pierson, indicted the same day, convicted of trying to get $25,000 from a golf pro seeking a contract to design a golf complex in the Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area.[142][143] Pierson's prison term was set at three years, to end June 1, 1973, and before his release he was working a day shift as a credit manager in Beverly Hills under a work-furlough program.[144]
  • 1972–74: City Councilman Louis R. Nowell, fined $500 and placed on a year's probation after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor violation of a state Government Code section requiring reports on political contributions. He failed to properly report $19.700 raised at a dinner aboard the Queen Mary, listing the income as personal funds rather than income from supporters.[145]
  • 1997: City Council member Mike Hernandez, pleaded guilty to felony possession of cocaine.[146]
  • 2005: Councilman Martin Ludlow, convicted of using union workers and union money to help his election campaign.[147]
  • 2010–12: Council member Richard Alarcon, indicted on 24 counts of perjury and voter fraud in stating his home was in Panorama City, inside Los Angeles City Council District 7, which he represents, when he actually lived elsewhere.[101][148]

Lynwood[edit]

  • 2006: Paul H. Richards II, convicted of corruption centering on awards of contracts to a firm controlled by him and his family.[149]

Norwalk[edit]

  • 1981–1989: City Administrator William H. Kraus, sentenced to five years' probation and fined $1,000 "for his part in a land-fraud scheme that bilked investors out of more than $3 million." He also had to pay $20,000 in restitution to the victims.[150]

Redondo Beach[edit]

  • 1979–83: City Councilman Walter L. Mitchell Jr., sentenced to 18 months in prison for his conviction on federal charges of fraud and understating his income.[151]

Rosemead[edit]

  • 1969–76: Mayor Henry G. Whiddon, accused by federal prosecutors of understating his income by a total of $748,650 from 1970 to 1972.[152] Dismissed by the U.S. attorney's office "in the interests of justice."[153]
  • 1980–86: Council Member Luis Tury Jr., pleaded guilty in federal court to mail fraud and paying kickbacks to secure government contracts for his machine shop.[154]

San Dimas[edit]

  • 1994–96: Mayor Terry Dipple, who pleaded no contest and resigned his office in January 1996 when he was accused of forgery in taking money from his community's Meals on Wheels program.[155]

South Gate[edit]

  • 2005: Albert T. Robles, mayor, councilman, treasurer and deputy city manager, convicted of corruption.[156]

Temple City[edit]

  • 2007–10: Judy Wong, Cathe Wilson and David Capra, all city council members in 2007, accused of demanding and receiving bribes from developer Randy Wang for his Temple City Piazza Mall. Capra pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor of failing to report a campaign contribution. Wong entered a plea of no contest to 10 felony counts and was sentenced to 16 months in state prison and ordered to pay restitution of $16,700 to the developer and more than $16,000 in fines.[157] Capra resigned from the council; Wilson was sentenced to four years in state prison.[158]

Venice[edit]

  • 1917: H.B. Eakins, street superintendent and former mayor of Venice, charged with lying to a grand jury investigating graft in that city about a hose cart he had purchased with city money and had refurbished by city workers before sending it to his ranch at Elizabeth Lake.[159][160] Acquitted by a trial jury that deliberated less than half an hour.[161]
  • 1918: Mayor E.A. Gerety, indicted on a charge of bribery and acquitted at trial; City Clerk C.Y. Burns, indicted on a charge of embezzlement, also acquitted, and City Treasurer J.E. Crouch, pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzlement.[162] Crouch was given probation because, the trial judge said, he had been a "catspaw" of politicians.[163]

Vernon[edit]

  • 1943: Mayor John B. Leonis, indicted on a charge he voted illegally in Vernon although his actual residence was in Los Angeles. The indictment was quashed by a judge who said the evidence was insufficient to produce a verdict of guilty.[164]
  • 1979: City Attorney David B. Brearley and City Administrator Bruce V. Malkenhorst Sr., indicted by a grand jury and accused of bribery and conspiracy during contract negotiations with city firefighters. Charges were dismissed by a Superior Court judge for lack of evidence.[165]
  • 2006–2011: City Administrator Bruce V. Malkenhorst Sr., who pleaded guilty in May 2011 to illegally using public money to pay for golf outings, massages and meals.[166]
  • 2009: Former Mayor Leonis Malburg, convicted of conspiracy and voter fraud in claiming to live within Vernon when he actually lived in Los Angeles.[167] Sentenced in January 2010 to five years' probation and ordered to pay $579,000 in fines and restitution.[168] Similar charges against Malburg had been dismissed by a Superior Court judge in June 1979.[165]
  • 2010: Former City Administrator Donal O'Callaghan, who pleaded not guilty to a grand jury indictment charging him with two counts of conflict of interest and one count of public-officer crimes, accused of getting a contract for his wife to work as a $40-an-hour bookkeeper for the city. He is awaiting trial.[168][169]

West Covina[edit]

West Hollywood[edit]

Note: Mayor Valerie Terrigno was convicted in 1986 of embezzling $9,000 in federal grant funds when she was chief executive officer of Crossroads Counseling Center, an agency for the homeless, before she became mayor.[170] Federal District Judge Laughlin Waters sentenced Terrigno to 60 days, which she served in a halfway house.[171]

Marin County[edit]

Sausalito[edit]

  • 1911: Paul A. Vincilione, town recorder, convicted of having bribed Justice of the Peace J.F. Renner in 1903 to dismiss a criminal case against one of Vincilione's private legal clients.[172] Vincilione was sent to San Quentin in 1911 and was released in 1912, having served 12 months of an 18-month term.[173] Renner was not prosecuted.[174]
  • 1924–26: Mayor Herbert Madden, arrested in 1924 and found guilty in 1926 of conspiracy to land "large quantities of illicit liquor" at Moss Landing from a rum runner,[175][176] paroled after 18 months in prison.[177]

Merced County[edit]

  • 1905 and earlier: Supervisors Thomas Price and A.B. Hamilton, indicted in attempting to swindle the county out of funds set aside for the construction of a bridge or for road work.[178]

Monterey County[edit]

  • 1897–1900: County Tax Collector C.L. Westlake, convicted of having misappropriated $20,000 in county money, sentenced to San Quentin. Appealed; conviction overturned after Westlake had been in prison for three years.[179]

Nevada County[edit]

  • 1889: Sheriff George Lord, indicted for tampering with the returns of the election that put him into office.[180] Lord was later ousted as the result of a civil suit.[181]

Orange County[edit]

  • 1976: Supervisor Robert Battin, convicted of "using his county-paid staff and materials for work on his unsuccessful 1974 campaign for lieutenant-governor." He served a 20-day jail term and paid a $6,500 fine.[182][183]
  • 1972–77: Andrew Jackson Hinshaw, a U.S. Congressman, convicted of accepting bribes when he was Orange County assessor. Embroiled with him was County Assessor Jack Vallerga, who was found guilty of grand theft, conflict of interest and misappropriation of funds.[184]
  • 1976–80: Supervisor Philip L. Anthony, convicted of a 1976 fund-laundering charge and fined $5,000 as part of a 1980 plea bargain that ended the threat of felony prosecution for conspiracy.[185]
  • 1976–82: Supervisor Ralph A. Diedrich, who served two years in prison after being convicted of requesting and accepting bribes from officials of a company that wanted to develop 2,200 acres that were already zoned for agricultural use.[186]
  • 2000–07: Superior Court Judge Ronald C. Kline, who pleaded quilty to a federal charge of possessing child pornography on his home computer. In February 2007 he was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison. Kline had also been charged in state court with child molestation when a man came forward to say that Kline abused him when he was age 14; those charges were dismissed after the U.S. Supreme Court banned prosecution of old sex-abuse allegations.[187]
  • 2009: Sheriff Mike Carona, acquitted of federal charges of mail fraud, conspiracy and one charge of witness tampering, but found guilty of another count of witness tampering.[188]

Anaheim[edit]

  • 1977–78: City Councilman William Kott, indicted on charges of "conspiracy involving campaign funds and reports." The case was dismissed by a Superior Court judge who said "an insufficient number of the same grand jurors had heard all of the testimony that led to the indictments."[189]

Fullerton[edit]

  • 1976–77: Planning Commissioner LeRoy Rose, acquitted of a bribery charge involving a housing project in the city's redevelopment area.[190]

Huntington Beach[edit]

  • 2000-2004: Mayor Pamela J. Houchen, who pleaded guilty to public corruption and fraud charges for forging documents in conversion of apartments to condominiums. She was sentenced to 37 months in prison and ordered to pay $140,000 in restitution.[191]
  • 2003 and before: Mayor David Garofalo, who pleaded guilty to one felony and 15 misdemeanors incurred when he voted as a City Council member on "matters benefitting companies that bought advertising from his publishing business."[192] He paid more than $49,000 in fines and completed 200 hours of community service.[193]

Westminster[edit]

  • 1959–61: City Manager James E. Black, Mayor George Meinhardt, Vice Mayor Arthur Paysen and Council Members Gerald Allison, Gordon Dorsfmith and Eugene J. (Barney) Edwards, accused of accepting a $24,000 bribe for dropping a 1959 move to annex a portion of the Eastgate area.[194][195] Edwards and Dorfsmith pleaded guilty,[196] and Allison, Paysen and Black were convicted after trial: They were sent to state prison, and Dorfman and Edwards to county jail. Superior Judge Ronald Crookshank said the charges were "equal to murder, kidnaping or rape, as far as I'm concerned."[197] Meinhardt was convicted, was granted a new trial and was eventually cleared by a lie-detector test; all charges against him were dropped.[198]
  • 1972–73: Mayor Derek McWhinney and Planning Commissioner Tad Fujita, convicted in the case of a farmer who testified that the two officials told him the only way he could renew his lease on his acreage in city-owned Mile Square Park was to pay $5,000 and contribute another $5,000 to a county supervisor's election campaign. McWhinney was sentenced to state prison, and Fujita got three years' probation and a stint in the county jail.[199]

Riverside County[edit]

Cabazon[edit]

  • 1969: Mayor Lawrence A. Lennebach, a contractor, accused of conflict of interest in doing work for the city, and City Councilman William Thompson, accused of perjury in connection with his signature on an affidavit stating he was a resident of Cabazon, indicted by a grand jury.[200]

Corona[edit]

  • 1982–85: Police Chief Bob J. Talbert, cleared of a charge of conspiracy to obstruct justice in the alleged alteration of a police report of a fatal traffic accident.[201]

San Jacinto[edit]

  • 2011 and before: City Council Members Jim Ayres, Dale Stubblefield, John Mansperger and James Potts, and San Jacinto Unified School District Board Member Nancy Jo Ayres, charged in "an elaborate illegal campaign donation and money laundering scheme" between developers and local officials. [202] In a plea bargain, Mansfield and Stubblefield pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of making a political contribution under a false name.[203] The two later pleaded guilty also to felony conspiracy.[204]

Sacramento County[edit]

  • 1878: R.C. Lowell, county auditor, charged with purloining county funds for himself, and C.T. Jones, former district attorney, charged with having appropriated $1,200 belonging to Sacramento city.[205]
  • 1897: State Assemblyman Leonard M. Landsborough, acquitted on charges that he had raised the pay of men summoned for jury duty while he was employed as a deputy county clerk and skimmed the excess for himself.[206]

San Bernardino County[edit]

  • 1894: Sheriff James P. Booth and ex-Sheriff E.C. Seymour, then a state senator, both charged with five counts of swearing falsely "to bills against the state for the transportation of prisoners sentenced to State prison and insane asylums," netting them each about "$2,000 a year in excess of what they were legally entitled to."[207] The indictments were voided when testimony showed that one of the grand jurors was an ex-felon.[208]
  • 2004: Supervisor Jerry Eaves pleaded guilty to "conspiring to violate California's Political Reform Act by failing to disclose gifts." He was sentenced to three years of informal probation and a $10,000 fine.[209][210]
  • 2005: James Hlawek, county administrative officer from 1994 to 1998, pleaded guilty to accepting bribes and was fined and placed on probation. He also had to do community service.[211][209]
  • 2011: Supervisor Neil Derry, accused of laundering campaign contributions through a political action committee controlled by former County Assessor Bill Postmus, perjury and filing a false report. Postmus pleaded guilty to 14 felonies, including accepting a bribe and possession of narcotics. Four other former county officials, including Jim Erwin, former assistant assessor, were also charged.[212][213]
  • 2011: Former County Supervisor Paul Antoine Biaine, indicted on May 10, 2011, on charges of bribery, extortion and misappropriation of public funds, along with James Erwin, a former assistant county assessor and former chief of staff to Supervisor Neil Derry, and Mark Kirk, a former chief of staff to Supervisor Gary Ovitt. The case involved flood-control easements "in the middle of a large retail and housing development in Upland."[213]

Needles[edit]

  • 1923: Mayor C.E. Stauter, whose indictment on a charge of bootlegging was quashed by a judge on a "technicality that the testimony of all the witnesses before the grand jury was not returned with the indictment as required by law."[214]

Upland[edit]

  • 2011: John Pomierski, former mayor, indicted in March 2011 on extortion and bribery charges in an alleged scheme concerning contributions from two businesses seeking city permits and other government approvals. Released on bail to await trial.[215]

San Diego County[edit]

  • 1895: H.W. Weineke, county tax collector, whose indictments "because of a shortage in his accounts" were set aside by a judge when it was discovered that the grand jury was "improperly impaneled."[216][217]
  • 1909: County Auditor Howard Cherry, charged with embezzling funds by padding the payrolls of the road district he represented while he was on the Board of Supervisors; acquitted after a jury trial.[218][219]
  • 1987: Registrar of Voters Ray Ortiz, jury acquittal of charges of grand theft, misappropriation of public funds and falsifying public records between 1984 and 1986.[220]

San Diego[edit]

  • 1925: Councilman Harry K. Weitzel, accused of agreeing to accept bribes to buy the Cuyamaca water system and bring about the annexation of East San Diego.[221] Conviction reversed on appeal.[222]
  • 1967–71: Mayor Frank Curran, City Council members Allen Hitch, Mike Schaefer, Floyd Morrow and Helen Cobb, State Assembly member Tom Hom and County Supervisors Harry Scheidle and Jack Walsh, charged with bribery and conspiracy in the granting of a fare increase to the Yellow Cab Company in 1967 when all had been members of the City Council. They were all acquitted, except for Hitch, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and was fined $750.[223]
  • 1985–90: Mayor Roger Hedgecock, convicted in 1985 of one count of conspiracy and twelve counts of perjury related to failure to report all campaign contributions. The twelve counts of perjury were dismissed in 1990 after a series of appeals alleging juror misconduct. Hedgecock accepted conviction on the single remaining felony charge, which was reduced to a misdemeanor and then dismissed.[224]
  • 1986: Councilman Uvaldo Martinez, who did 400 days of community service and repaid $607.80 in restitution for using a city credit card for personal use, avoiding trial on 24 felony counts by accepting a plea deal.[225]
  • 2002–10: Charges were dismissed in April 2010 in the case of Ronald Saathoff, Cathy Lewin, Teresa Webster, Lawrence Grissom and Loraine Chapin, accused of wire fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy. Prosecutors claimed in 2006 and 2008 that the five schemed to have the San Diego retirement board pass a plan in 2002 to "underfund the pension system" in favor of special treatment for Saathoff. A judge dismissed the complaint, calling the law under which they were charged a "model of vagueness." Earlier, the California Supreme Court had dismissed conflict-of-interest charges against Lexin and Webster.[226]
  • 2005: Ralph Inzunza, city council member convicted of extortion, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud; sentenced to 21 months. He has been free on bail while his appeals are heard.[227]
  • 2005: City Council Member Michael Zucchet, charged with extortion, wire fraud and conspiracy in "accepting campaign contributions from a Las Vegas strip-club owner and his lobbyist in exchange for relaxing city laws prohibiting dancers from touching patrons." The jury's convictions on seven of the nine counts were reversed by the trial judge at sentencing, and the other two counts were later dismissed on motion of the U.S. attorney.[228]
  • 2011: Carolyn Smith and Dante Dayacap, two former top officials of the city of San Diego's Southeast Development Corporation (SEDC), were charged with conspiracy, embezzlement and misappropriation of funds for allegedly fattening their pay with secret bonuses and other payments over a three-year period. Both pleaded not guilty in May 2011. Trial is pending.[229][230]

Vista[edit]

  • 1986: City Councilman Ed Neal, fined and granted probation when he took a misdemeanor plea bargain, averting trial on three felony charges that he billed the city of Vista for a trip by him and his girlfriend to Washington, D.C., to attend a White House luncheon. He maintained his innocence.[231]

San Francisco City and County[edit]

  • 1898: City Treasurer Augustus C. Widber, accused of stealing more than $115,000 worth of coins from the bags of money in the treasurer's safe.[232] After a trial jury found him guilty, he was sentenced to 7-1/2 years in state prison.[233]
  • 1902–03: County Clerk Albert B. Mahony, accused of swearing to a fraudulent salary demand for his friend and milkman, the indictment later ruled invalid by a judge.[234][235]
  • 1907: Eugene Schmitz, mayor, whose conviction of extortion in 1907 was nullified. He was also charged with bribery but was acquitted.[236]
  • 1921: Supervisor William S. Scott, whose indictment on a charge of being a member of a trust conspiring against trade, was called a "terrible mistake" by the judge who dismissed it on motion of the district attorney.[237]
  • 2007–9: Supervisor Ed Jew, who in late 2008 pleaded guilty to extortion and perjury. He was sentenced to 64 months in state prison for extortion and a year in county jail for perjury.[238][239]
  • 2011-12: Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, who pleaded guilty to falsely imprisoning his wife.[41]

Note: Mayor Joseph L. Alioto was indicted in Seattle. Washington, in 1971 on charges of conspiracy to bribe a public official, but the alleged offense took place before he became mayor.[240] He was acquitted.[241]

San Joaquin County[edit]

  • 1895: James Brown, chairman of the Board of Supervisors, and Charles Ward. county hospital superintendent, accused of accepting a bribe from an architect to influence their actions in adopting plans for a new county hospital in French Camp. Ward's conviction and sentence of 14 years in state prison was overturned by the State Supreme Court. Brown was tried twice, but each time the jury was unable to agree on a verdict.[242][243]
  • 1971: Superior Judge Maxwell M. Willens of Stockton, who once served on the State Crime Commission, convicted on three counts of accepting bribes for lighter sentences.[244][245]
  • 2002-11: Sheriff Baxter Dunn and County Supervisor Lynn Bedford, accused of taking part in a 2002 scheme to secretly lobby on behalf of a power company seeking to build a plant at the Port of Stockton. Dunn pleaded guilty in 2005 to honest-services mail fraud and Bedford pleaded guilty to a charge he lied to federal investigators. Dunn's conviction was overturned in 2011 after he had served six months in prison, served six months of house arrest and paid a $40,000 fine.[246][247]

San Mateo County[edit]

  • 1910–11: Supervisor Daniel E. Blackburn, charged with receiving a bribe over furnishings for the county courthouse in Redwood City. There were two hung juries, both favoring acquittal. Case was dismissed on motion of the district attorney. Blackburn was re-elected while the charges were pending.[248] Others in another bill of indictment were Supervisors Joseph M. Francis and former Supervisors Carl J. Coburn and Joseph Debenedetti, accused of "conspiracy to defraud the county of San Mateo."[249]

Santa Clara County[edit]

  • 1904: County Auditor Martin Murphy, embezzlement of county funds, fled to Mexico but was tracked down by a sheriff's deputy and returned voluntarily. Indictment was quashed because of improper content and the case was later dismissed altogether.[250][251][252]

San Jose[edit]

  • 1904: City Treasurer Thomas J. McGeoghegan, accused of embezzling $9,823, acquitted by a jury when he showed several other people had access to his office.[253]
  • 2006: Mayor Ron Gonzales and his chief of staff, indicted for multiple felonies related to a contract with Norcal Waste Systems, including bribery, misappropriation, and conspiracy. The corruption charges were dismissed a year later when a Superior Court judge ruled that prosecutors had given incorrect instructions to the grand jury and had mistaken routine political behavior for a crime.[254]

Santa Cruz[edit]

Santa Cruz[edit]

  • 1888: Mayor Robert Effey, charged with embezzlement in his job as a cashier of the Santa Cruz National Bank. Acquitted by order of the judge because of a flaw in the indictment.[255][256]

Solano County[edit]

Benicia[edit]

  • 1949: City Attorney Leland Fisher, suspended from his job by the City Council after he was indicted on a bribery charge linked to making Benicia a "wide open" town.[257]

Sonoma County[edit]

  • 1885: Supervisor S.R. Houser, indicted for embezzlement. His trial resulted in a hung jury.[258][259]
  • 1910: Supervisor Isaac J. Button, indicted on a charge of "padding his lumber bills." The indictment was dismissed after he paid back the money claimed by the county and resigned his seat, but he was immediately rearrested on a warrant charging him with "obtaining $90 from Sonoma County by false pretenses."[260] That charge, too, was dismissed.[261]

Tuolumne County[edit]

  • 1914-15: Supervisor V.A. Solari, acquitted by a Sonora jury of a charge of filing a forged instrument with the county. He had also been indicted for malfeasance in the issuing of a liquor license.[262][263]

Ventura County[edit]

Moorpark[edit]

  • 1987: City Councilman Danny Allen Woolard, pleaded guilty to a charge he stole $5,500 from the U.S. post office where he worked, to support a cocaine habit.[264]

See also[edit]

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