Staff: Cinthya Bernabé, Commission Counsel. Karen Paz Dominguez was a successful candidate for Auditor-Controller of Humbolt County in the June 5, 2018 election, and an unsuccessful candidate in the June 7, 2022 re-election. Karen Paz Dominguez for Auditor-Controller 2018 and Re-Elect Karen Paz Dominguez for Auditor-Controller 2022 were Dominguez’s candidate-controlled committees. The Committee and Dominguez failed to timely file nine semi-annual campaign statements, in violation of Government Code Section 84200 (9 counts), two 24-Hour Reports, in violation of Government Code Section 84203 (1 count),and one pre-election campaign statement, in violation of Government Code Sections 84200.5 and 84200.8 and Regulation 18405 (1 count). Total Proposed Penalty: $13,000.
