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- Bruce McFarland

In a brazen effort to illegally influence the outcome of the April 8, Santa Clarita Council election, Council Member Frank Ferry sent out a mass mailing touting Congressman Buck McKeon’s endorsement of Ferry’s nominee to the Santa Clarita Parks Commission, Laurie Ender and fellow Council Member Bob Kellar.

According to California Government Code Section 85501 and the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC):
A controlled committee of a candidate may not make independent expenditures and may not contribute funds to another committee for the purpose of making independent expenditures to support or oppose other candidates.

This means that a candidate cannot use the funds from his/her campaign committee to create and mail a flyer, supporting other candidates, as Frank Ferry did, shown below: