Suit Accuses 3 of Illegally Giving to Yaroslavsky
Los Angeles City Atty. James K. Hahn filed a lawsuit Friday that accused three Sherman Oaks real estate executives of illegally contributing $9,500 to Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky’s election campaigns and masking the true source of the gifts by reporting that their children gave the money.
The lawsuit was the second filed by Hahn this year against the same three executives of Lycon Properties Inc. Last April, in a suit that is still pending, Hahn accused the three of illegally contributing $3,500 to Councilman Mike Woo.
Named in the new lawsuit are Dale Francescon, Lycon’s chief executive officer; his brother, Robert J. Francescon, chief financial officer, and William Lyons Jr., the firm’s secretary. The suit charges the three with violating provisions of the city’s campaign finance reform law.
Officials with Lycon could not be reached for comment. No charges have been filed against Yaroslavsky.
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