Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do faces a penalty of $12,000 for allegedly overstepping campaign finance rules while serving as a board member on CalOptima, the county’s health insurance agency.
Officials with the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission in Sacramento will consider approving a stipulated order July 21 that charges the supervisor with six counts of violating California’s Political Reform Act.
In the order (pdf), the state commission claims that Do steered lobbying contracts to political donors during a bidding process to CalOptima’s federal and state lobbyists from 2016 through 2018.
The supervisor served as a member of a selection committee and participated in awarding contracts to CalOptima’s lobbying firm. Some of the lobbying firms involved in the process had contributed to Do’s campaign….