Los Angeles Community College District Trustee Kelly Candaele resigned from a city board Tuesday after a Los Angeles Times inquiry into a possible ethics violation.
Candaele had been appointed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to the Los Angeles City Employees' Retirement System board in 2005. He stepped down after Times inquiries about his having hosted a fundraiser for city attorney candidate Jack Weiss, who's supported by the mayor.
City ethics laws do not allow appointed commissioners or board members to participate in campaign fundraising activities.
Times reporter David Zahniser writes:
Top advisors to the mayor, upon learning of the violation, requested that Candaele submit his resignation, a Villaraigosa aide said. In a statement, the mayor described Candaele as an upstanding leader who made "an honest mistake."
Candaele was in March re-elected to his seat on the community college board by a huge margin. He represents District 4, holding one of seven at-large seats on the board.
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