State watchdog fines San Jose Water executive, Cupertino political committee for campaign violations
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The state’s political watchdog has fined a Silicon Valley political action committee and San Jose Water Chief Administrative Officer Andrew Walters $5,000 for failing to file campaign finance reports on time.
The Cupertino Chamber PAC and Walters, who was the committee’s treasurer at the time, failed to timely file two expenditure reports disclosing a total of $11,021 and two campaign contribution reports disclosing a total of $12,474 during the November 2016 election cycle, according to the Fair Political Practices Commission. The reports were related to three mailers the PAC sent out less than two weeks before the election.