Staff: Bridgette Castillo, Senior Commission Counsel and Roone Petersen, Special Investigator. South Bay SV Community Coalition PAC was a general purpose candidate-controlled committee that made independent expenditures during the November 6, 2018 General Election. Anthony Phan served as the Committee’s principal officer and was a member of the Milpitas City Council. The Committee and Phan failed to timely file a qualifying Statement of Organization and identify Phan as the controlling candidate in the name of the Committee, in violation of Government Code Sections 84101 and 84201 (1 count), timely file eight 24-Hour Reports, in violation of Government Code Sections 84204 (4 counts) and 84203 (4 counts), timely file a pre-election campaign statement, in violation of Government Code Section 84200.5 (1 count); accurately disclose the source of a contribution, in violation of Governmental Code Section 84211 (1 count), timely file a semi-annual campaign statement, in violation of 84200 (1 count); timely file an Independent Expenditure Verification, in violation of Government Code Section 84213 (1 count), and include the proper advertisement disclosures in mailers, in violation of Government Code Section 84502 (5 counts). Total Proposed Penalty: $56,500.
