Family Farmers Working for a Better California with Major Support by Western Growers and Ward Kennedy

Campaign Non-Reporting

Fine: $5,000

FPPC No. 16/0068

This matter arose from an audit preformed by the Franchise Tax Board’s Political Reform Audit Program. Family Farmers Working for a Better California with Major Support by Western Growers is a general purpose committee. Ward Kennedy is the Committee’s treasurer. In 2012, the Committee and Kennedy failed to timely report receiving in-kind contributions on the pre-election campaign statement covering the reporting period of July 1, 2012 through September 30, 2012; and failed to timely report receiving in-kind contributions on the semiannual campaign statement covering the reporting period of October 21, 2012 through December 31, 2012, in violation of Government Code Section 84211 subdivisions (a), (c), and (f) (2 counts).