La City Controller race gets ruff, as candidate targets Kenneth Mejia’s Corgis

Los Angeles City Controller Kenjia Kenneth Mejia likes to show off his two corgis, featuring them on his social media accounts, his financial reports and his fundraising materials.

Cardboard cutouts of Corgis even decorate the entrance to Mejia’s office at City Hall East, making it look like a proud dog parent’s room.

Now, Comia’s Corgis are the subject of a complaint submitted to the City’s Ethics Commission, proving that the controller has blurred the lines between his communication and campaigning.

The former government Sen. Isadore Hall, looking at Mejia in Mejia in June, admitted in his complaint that another Corgi – especially one that has been made to look like Sherlock Holmes, pipe and circle. “

However, the Hall suggested that the graphic ran Afoul of a election that blocks resources, because CAP-wearing corgis appear both on the website of the city of Mejia and on his campaign signs.

“These practices, if encouraged, create a body that is transparent about the neutrality of the city administration office and violates the clear prohibition on using public assets to use the campaign to help the campaigner.

The appeal, along with the focus on a controller’s registration mascots, has sent the race for the top position of Auditor unusual. Jane Nguyen, a spokeswoman for the Mejia campaign, pushed back on the idea that the regulator failed to follow city law, while also suggesting that the hall is “jealous of our beautiful Corgi images.”

In an email, Nguyen said that it is common for politicians to use similar schemes and color schemes in their campaigns and official government duties. At the same time, he said the “Sherlock Corgi” used in the city’s books is different from the one in Mejia’s fundraising campaign.

“He’s wearing glasses in one version and he’s not wearing glasses in that version,” she said.

David Tristan, the City’s Director of Ethics, which is subject to fines when enforcing local campaign finance laws, declined to comment, saying his office “cannot confirm or deny that there is a complaint or investigation.”

Attorney Jessica Levinson, former commissioner of the Ethics Commission, said the agency is responding to allegations that city resources have been misused for campaign purposes. Still, he expressed doubt that the court’s appeal would lead to a meaningful trial.

“This is not the kind of thing that will take democracy away from you,” he said. “Even if these allegations are true, I don’t think this carries much weight in the minds of voters.”

Hall, 53, is basing his appeal on a city ordinance that covers city employees using city vehicles, mailing lists, goods or other municipal resources for campaign purposes. For example, city workers cannot participate in campaign activities while wearing the ‘Official City Insigbin’ uniform.

The appeal goes beyond the post-Mejia Corgis, which are a herding breed favored by the late Queen Elizabeth II. Hall also argued that the street campaign’s logo, font colors and other design elements match the logo of his official city website, making it seem like the city is effectively showing off his bid for recapitalization.

Nguyen said the mailjia photos of Mejia and other projects were created as part of his 2022 campaign, without using city resources. He also said that the campaign logo is “very different” from the city’s logo, because it contains the word “because.”

MeJIA, 35, has proven to be a savvy marketing organization, distributing Corgi stickers at community events and sending its employees to City Council meetings in Green City Controller Jackets. He and his team have data-driven strategies for spending on housing, legal fees and other city costs.

On his campaign website, Mejia described himself as “the father of two Corgis, Billa and Kirby. He’s known for bringing his dogs to work, attending MARBRIICK WAMART in Kendrick Lamar” he doesn’t like us “outside of city hall.

The Hall faced scrutiny of his election activities.

In 2014, the Times reports that the Senate Committees in the hall spent $7,812 on cigars and members $11,000 to stay at the Fairmont Hotel in Kihei, Hawaii, during the conference.

Hall defended the expenses, saying they were for Comcain Campaign sponsors, meals and potential donors and other political activities. He won his senate race and ran unsuccessfully for Congress two years later.

Nguyen, in his email, revealed that the hall was also accused of illegal activities to pay for his primary campaign for Congress in 2016. Responding to those fines and violations of Federal law issued a hall campaign.

Hall said earlier this year he studied in the program and caught his accountant by mistake.

Hall is not the only election running for Mejia. On Tuesday, Entertainment Industry CEO Zachary Sokoloff officially launched his controller bid, promising to bring “a way to solve problems at city hall.” Sokoloff, 36, said he will “lead by listening” and “bring people in to fix what’s broken.”

Rick Taylor, Skoloff’s Campaign Strategist, said he views the Ethics Committee’s complaint as “not applicable” to the next campaign.

“Let’s focus on what the public wants to know,” he said. “They want to know who is capable and capable and can do the job.”