San Luis Obispo county district attorney Dan Dow sent a notice to the south county coalition on Wednesday regarding their identification and purpose.
The south county coalition, formed March 26th, has donated over $10,000 to supervisor Jimmy Paulding’s candidacy. Dan Dow points out that this expenditure shows only support for Paulding’s reelection, despite the coalition claiming it is a ‘general purpose committee.’ Dow wrote “California law does not permit a committee to retain ‘general purpose committee’ status when, in substance, it exists to support a single identified candidate in a single election.”
Dow called on the coalition to review its legal status and determine whether it is primarily formed to support Paulding, and file a form 410 accurately identifying the committee as such. If not, the committee is asked to review and provide documentation to show its proper classification.
