Mayor fined for gifs

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Friday he has agreed to pay $42,000 in fines to settle state and city ethics probes into his acceptance of unreported free tickets to sporting and other events. Daily News.

He will pay a record fine of $21,000 to the state Fair Political Practices Commission and $20,849 to the city Ethics Commission.

In separate inquiries, the panels determined the mayor improperly accepted free tickets to 33 of the 3,000-plus events - sporting, cultural, civic and community - he attended between 2005 and 2010.

In 21 cases, he failed to report the events - including Lakers games, the Academy Awards, a Shakira concert, and the American Idol finale - as gifts.