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Villaraigosa to Pay $5,100 in Ethics Fines
By Patrick McGreevy
Times Staff WriterDecember 3, 2003
Los Angeles City Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa has agreed to pay $5,100 in fines to the city Ethics Commission after acknowledging that his 2001 mayoral campaign violated campaign finance laws.
Villaraigosa signed a stipulation admitting that his campaign accepted six contributions that exceeded the $1,000-per-person limit established by city ethics laws.
"It is all stuff that is clearly inadvertent and unintentional," said Stephen Kaufman, an attorney for the councilman and treasurer of his mayoral campaign committee.
Kaufman said Villaraigosa's campaign did not realize that the donations in question were linked by common donors to other contributions. According to city ethics laws, multiple firms with the same owner are considered to be a single campaign contributor.
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