LA Times: State Sen. Rod Wright under investigation

By Paul Eakins on December 3, 2009 5:21 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

State Sen. Rod Wright, D-Inglewood, is under investigation by the state's Fair Political Practices Commission, the Los Angeles Times reports. Wright represents a swath of the county, including Inglewood, Compton, North and West Long Beach, and part of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The Times writes:

The state's political ethics agency has launched an investigation into whether state Sen. Roderick Wright (D-Inglewood) violated campaign laws when he formed a legal defense fund without reporting the legal issue for which he is raising money, an official said today.

Read the full Times article here.

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