From the Santa Cruz Sentinel:
“Assemblyman and state Senate candidate Jim Beall filed a complaint late Monday accusing opponent Joe Coto of unlawful campaign coordination with an independent political committee.
According to the complaint sent to the California Fair Political Practices Commission, as many as seven paid Coto campaign workers, including two senior staffers, also were paid by independent committee Vote Matters. State law forbids independent political groups from spending significant amounts in support of a candidate while working with that candidate’s campaign.”
