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Disgraced Contra Costa politician to serve home detainment in his Hawaii condo
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Joseph E. Canciamilla, the former county clerk-recorder-registrar for Contra Costa County, who pleaded guilty to nine counts of perjury and grand theft, will serve his court appointed home detention in his condo in Hawaii.Santiago Mejia/The Chronicle
Joseph Canciamilla, a Contra Costa political stalwart who pleaded guilty this month to nine counts of perjury and grand theft, will serve his one-year sentence under electronic home detention at his luxury beachfront condo in Kauai, rather than in county jail, according to public records.
Canciamilla was the Contra Costa clerk-recorder until he resigned in 2019 during an investigation into his misuse of campaign funds. He previously was a county supervisor, state assemblyman from Pittsburg, and a Pittsburg councilman during a political career spanning more than 40 years. He was charged last year with 34 felonies for misusing more than
State election officials are reviewing a complaint that former Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli, who resigned this month after a Chronicle investigation into sexual assault allegations, may have violated campaign finance laws by paying thousands of dollars to a girlfriend and an executive at his winery and by spending funds on alcohol and travel during his six years in elected office. The anonymous complaint, filed April 26 with the California Fair.