Mayor Mourra Violates FPPC Filing Rules
City Council Majority Recently Censured and Sanctioned Their Colleague Kalimah Priforce for the Same Violation
Planning Commission Chair Also Violated FPPC Filing Rules
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Emeryville’s Mayor, David Mourra, has not filed required FPPC political disclosure forms, a violation of state law, the Tattler has learned. The FPPC (Fair Political Practices Commission), a state agency tasked with ensuring government transparency, acknowledged in a January 24th letter to the Tattler that Emeryville’s mayor is under investigation for failure to disclose as is required by law. Mr Mourra is very late in his filing as it turns out, having not filed required campaign disclosure forms since his election victory in 2022. The FPPC investigation comes as a result of a Tattler complaint.
The California Reform Act of 2024 mandates that all elected officials must continue to file FPPC disclosure forms even in the event that they have been elected and regardless of any subsequent donor contributions or lack of contributions.
The Tattler investigation also revealed Jordan Wax, the chair of Emeryville’s Planning Commission, failed to file a required FPPC 'Statement of Economic Interest' form on time, itself a violation of state law.
Some elected officials have presupposed that an inactive election campaign lets them off the hook for FPPC filings but state law is very clear that filing is still required. Violations of proper and timely FPPC filing rules have been very common among Emeryville politicians over the years. So much so that late filings would not normally be considered newsworthy except for the fact that Mayor Mourra and his colleagues on the City Council majority made much ballyhoo of recent late filings by Council member Kalimah Priforce to such an extent that they invoked Emeryville's new Code of Ethics to censure and sanction him for it. Now Mr Mourra, who seems to have unclean hands, finds himself in the same pickle.
The Tattler has an open Public Records Request filed with the City Clerk for details that will inform future editions of this ongoing story.
Mr Mourra was contacted for this story but he refused to comment.
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| Emeryville Mayor David Mourra Unclean Hands He sanctimoniously wagged his finger at his colleague Council member Priforce for violating the exact same state law as he did. |
