Greuel Accuses Cardenas of Disclosure Violations
City Council candidate Wendy Greuel filed complaints with state and city ethics agencies Tuesday alleging that her opponent, state Assemblyman Tony Cardenas, has not properly disclosed city and state campaign activity.
The two are competing for the 2nd District seat recently vacated by Joel Wachs.
In letters to the state Fair Political Practices Commission and the Los Angeles Ethics Commission, Stephen J. Kaufman, an attorney for Greuel, accused Cardenas of failing to file city campaign reports with the state and updated reports on his state campaign committees with the city.
Greuel, an executive with DreamWorks SKG, also called on Cardenas to close a state committee that has raised more than $400,000, much of it from Indian gaming interests, for an aborted run for secretary of state.
Fred Woocher, an attorney for Cardenas, said he is not sure Cardenas is legally required to provide updated state committee disclosures to the city, but he is looking into the issue and said proper disclosures will be made.
Cardenas will close out his secretary of state committee, added Richie Ross, a campaign consultant for the assemblyman.
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