California Public Officials Charged With Crimes

This list includes both elected and appointed California public officials who were indicted for or formally accused of criminal activities while in office.

Those not convicted or those who were acquitted or whose convictions were overturned are legally presumed to be innocent.

The list does not include grand jury indictments or other legal charges for which the only penalty is removal from office.

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• Richard Alarcon, 2010-present, Los Angeles City Council member, indicted
• Gerald Allison, 1959-61, Westminster City Council member, convicted
• Joe Anaya, 1985, Parlier police chief, indicted
• Philip L. Anthony, 1976-80, Orange County supervisor
• Yvonne Arceneaux, 2004-12, Compton City Council member, acquitted
• Luis Artiga, 2010 and after, Bell City Council member, acquitted
• Roy Ashburn, 2010, state senator, convicted
• Jim Ayres, 2011 and before, San Jacinto City Council member, guilty
• Nancy Jo Ayres, 2011 and before, San Jacinto Unified School District board member, guilty
• Willard E. Badham, 1928-29, state assembly member, case dismissed
• Robert Battin, 1976, Orange County supervisor, convicted
• Burton Becker, 1926-30, Alameda County sheriff, convicted
• Lynn Bedford, 2002-11, San Joaquin County supervisor, guilty
• G. Vernon Bennett, 1950, Los Angeles City Council member, guilty
• Victor Bello, 2013 and before, Bell City Council member, convicted
• Paul Antoine Biane, 2013, San Bernardino County supervisor, indicted
• James E. Black, 1959-61, Westminster city manager, convicted
• Daniel E. Blackburn, 1910-11, San Mateo County supervisor, case dismissed
• Steve Blancarte, 2010 and before, Irwindale city manager, guilty
• S.G. Blood, 1936, Alameda city clerk, indictment dismissed
• Bert Bond, 1974-77, Long Beach city manager, cleared
• William G. Bonelli, 1939 and after, member of State Board of Equalization, indicted
• James P. Booth, 1894, San Bernardino County sheriff, indictment voided
• Omar Bradley, 2012 and before, Compton mayor, conviction overturned
• Ernest K. Bramblett, 1954, U.S. Congress member, convicted
• David B. Brearly, 1979, Vernon city attorney, charges dismissed
• Mark Breceda, 2009-10, Irwindale city manager, charges dismissed
• Richard Breceda, 1972-73, Irwindale City Council member, acquitted, later convicted on other charges
• James Brown, 1895, San Joaquin County supervisor, hung jury
• Charles W. Broyles, 1936, Alameda City Council member, guilty
• Elwood Bruner, 1891-92, state Assembly member, charges dropped
• Frank Bryson, 1934, Los Angeles County public administrator, acquitted
• Federico Buenrostro Jr., 2013, CEO of California Public Retirement System, charged
• Harry Bunkers, 1905, state senator, guilty
• C.Y. Burns, 1918, Venice city clerk, acquitted
• Isaac J. Button, 1910, Sonoma County supervisor, indictment and charge dismissed
• David Capra, 2007-10, Temple City council member, guilty
• Mike Carona, 2009, Orange County sheriff, guilty
• Paul B. Carpenter, 1990-94, state Board of Equalization member, guilty
• Loraine Chapin, 2002-10, member of the City Retirement Board, charges dismissed
• Howard Cherry, 1909, San Diego County auditor, acquitted
• Helen Cobb, San Diego
• Carl J. Coburn, 1910-11, San Mateo County supervisor, charge dismissed
• George Cole, 2013 and before, Bell City Council member, convicted
• William Cormack, 1939-41, Los Angeles City Civil Service Commission general manager, indictments dismissed
• J.E. Crouch, 1918, Venice city treasurer, guilty
• Randy (Duke) Cunningham, federal
• Frank Curran, San Diego
• Henry P. Dalton, Alameda County
• James M. Damron, 1890-91, state Assembly member, acquitted, some charges dismissed
• Howard W. Davis, 1938-39, Los Angeles City Council member, aquitted
• Dante Dayacap, 2011, San Diego, member of the city Southeast Development Corporation, guilty
• Joseph Debenedetti, 1910-12, San Mateo County supervisor, case dismissed
• Abe De Dios, 2010 and before, Irwindale finance director, charges dismissed
• Neil Derry, San Bernardino County supervisor, conviction dismissed
• Pietro Di Carlo, 1968-71, Los Angeles Harbor Commission member, Los Angeles Harbor Commission member, indicted
• Ralph Diedrich, Orange County
• Terry Dipple, San Dimas
• Roy L. Donley, 1931-34, Los Angeles City Council member, acquitted
• Gordon Dorfsmith, Westminster
• Roosevelt F. Dorn, Inglewood
• Charles E. Downs, 1925, Los Angeles City Council member, convicted
• Baxter Dunn, 2002-11, San Joaquin County supervisor, conviction overturned
• Earle B. Duskin, Baldwin Park
• H.B. Eakins, Venice
• Gerald R. Eaves, 2004, San Bernardino County supervisor
• Eugene A. Edwards, Westminster
• Robert Effey, Santa Cruz
• Walter J. (Jake) Egan, Carson
• E.J. Emmons, 1905, state senator, guilty
• Jim Erwin, San Bernardino County
• Robert Eula, Commerce
• Bobbi Fiedler, 1986, U.S. Congress member, indictment dismissed
• Leland Fisher, Benicia
• Buron Fitts, Los Angeles County
• John F. Fitzpatrick, 1925, Los Angeles City Council member, convicted
• Joseph M. Frances, 1910-11, San Mateo County supervisor, case dismissed
• Frank French, 1905, state senator, innocent
• Ray Fritz, 1936, Alameda city manager, convicted
• Tad Fujita, Westminster
• Justin Garcia, 1960-81, Irwindale mayor, charges dismissedDavid Garofalo, Huntington Beach
• E.A. Gerety, 1918, Venice, acquitted
• Ron Gonzales, San Jose
• Sidney T. Graves, 1933, Los Angeles County supervisor, convicted
• Lawrence Grissom, 2002-10, member of the City Retirement Board, charges dismissed
• Linda Luz Guevera, Huntington Park
• A.B. Hamilton, Merced County
• Hillard Hamm, 1965-78, Compton City Council member, convicted
• Richard T. Hanna, 1974, U.S. Congress member, convicted
• Thomas D. Harp. 1891, state senator, indicted
• Mary Hayashi, 2011-12, state Assembly member, convicted
• Roger Hedgecock, San Diego
• Robert B. Hedrick, 1931 and earlier, Compton city treasurer, guilty
• Mike Hernandez, Los Angeles
• Oscar Hernandez, 2013 and before, Bell City Council member, convicted
• Frank Hill, 1990-94, state senator, guilty
• Andrew Jackson Hinshaw, Orange County
• James Hlawek, 2005, San Bernardino County administrative officer, guilty
• Allen Hitch, San Diego
• L.T. Holland, Los Angeles County coroner, acquitted
• John H. Hoeppel, 1936, U.S. Congress member, convicted
• Tom Hom, San Diego
• C.B. Horrall, 1948-49, Los Angeles police chief, aquitted
• Pamela J. Houchen, Huntington Beach
• John C. Houlihan, Oakland
• S.R. Houser, 1885, Sonoma County supervisor, hung jury
• George Howes, California City
• Jeffrey Hubbard, Beverly Hills Unified School District
• Ralph Inzunza, 2005, San Diego City Council member, convicted
• Phil C. Jacks, Commerce
• Teresa Jacobo, 2013 and before, Bell City Council member, convicted
• Carl Ingold Jacobson, 1927, Los Angeles City Council member, hung jury
• Floyd A. James, 1985-87, Compton City Council member, convicted
• Ed Jew, San Francisco
• John D. Johnson II, Compton
• C.T. Jones, Sacramento County
• Asa Keyes, 1928, Los Angeles County district attorney, convicted
• William Kott, Anaheim
• Jay Kim, 1992-94, U.S. Congress member, guilty
• Ronald C. Kline, 2000-07, Orange County Superior Court judge, guilty on one charge; other charges dismissed
• William H. Kraus, Norwalk
• R.C. Lowell, Sacramento County
• Zeb Knott, Contra Costa County
• Carl Ingold Jacobson, Los Angeles
• Leonard M. Landsborough, Sacramento County
• Lawrence A. Lennebach, Cabazon
• John B. Leonis, Vernon
• Cathy Lewin, 2002-10, member of the City Retirement Board, charges dismissed
• William J. Locke, 1936, Alameda city attorney, indictment dismissed
• Walter C. Lockwood, 1890, Los Angeles justice of the peace, charges dismissed in one case; hung jury in another
• George Lord, Nevada County
• Martin Ludlow, Los Angeles
• Arthur Loya, Commerce
• Herbert Madden, Sausalito
• Albert B. Melony, San Francisco
• Leonis Malburg, 2009, Vernon mayor, guilty
• Bruce V. Malkenhorst Sr., 1979, Vernon city administrator, charges dismissed; 2006-11, Vernon city administrator, guilty
• John Mansperger, San Jacinto
• Uvaldo Martinez, San Diego
• Ernest Mayer Jr., , 1972-77, Long Beach city planning director, guilty
• Thomas J. McGeoghegan, San Jose
• James Stuart McKnight, 1931-34, Los Angeles City Council member, acquitted
• James McLean, 1960-61, Irwindale city manager, charges dismissed
• Derek McWhinney, Westminster
• George Meinhardt, Westminster
• Charles E. Miles, 1886, Los Angeles County recorder, acquitted
• George Mirabel, 2013 and before, Bell City Council member
• Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco
• Walter L. Mitchell Jr., Redondo Beach
• A.A. Montaño, 1888-90, Los Angeles County auditor, acquitted
• Joseph B. Montoya, 1990-94, state senator, convicted
• Floyd Morrow, San Diego
• Bruce Munroe, 1936, Alameda City Council member, guilty
• Martin Murphy, Santa Clara County
• Frederick F. Myer, Alameda County
• Ed Neal, Vista
• John Henry Nedderman, Oakland
• John Noguez, Los Angeles County
• Pat Nolan, 1990-94, state senator, guilty
• Louis R. Nowell, Los Angeles
• Donal O’Callaghan, 2010 and before, Vernon city administrator, guilty
• James Potts, San Jacinto
• Lawrence O’Rourke, Commerce
• Ray Ortiz, 1987, San Diego County registrar of voters, acquitted
• Arthur Paysen, Westminster
• John D. Pitts, Bell
• John Pomierski, Upland
• Bill Postmus, San Bernardino County
• John Preku, Bishop
• Thomas Price, Merced County
• Maurice H. Quigley, Commerce
• Amen Rahh, Compton
• Rosemary Ramirez, 2010, Irwindale City Council member, charges dismissed
• Ed Reinecke, 1975, lieutenant governor,  conviction overturned
• Paul H. Richards II, Lynwood
• Alan Robbins, 1990-94, state senator, guilty
• E.M. Roberts, Kern County
• Albert T. Robles, South Gate
• J. Ellis Rodley, Chico
• Hans W. Roebke, Alameda
• LeRoy Rose, Fullerton
• Abe M. Rosenfeld, 1941-46, Los Angeles Harbor Commission member, cleared
• Robert Rizzo, Bell
• Karl L. Rundberg, 1968-71, Los Angeles Harbor Commission member, convicted
• Ronald Saathoff, San Diego
• Peter Sabatino Jr., West Covina Unified School  District
• Mike Schaefer, San Diego
• Harry Scheidle, San Diego
• Eugene Schmitz, San Francisco
• Jay Scott, Fresno County
• William S. Scott, San Francisco
• Timinado Scovotti, Baldwin Park
• Charles E. Sebastian, 1915 and before, Los Angeles police chief, acquitted
• E.C. Seymour, 1894, San Bernardino County sheriff, indictment voided
• Thomas D. Shepard, Los Angeles
• Mario Sierra, 2011-12, San Diego city director of transportation and storm water
• Harvey Silberman, Los Angeles County
• C. Ray Smith, Crescent City
• Carolyn Smith, 2011, San Diego, member of the city Southeast Development Corporation, guilty
• John F. Smith, Alameda County
• Keith Smith, 1968-71, Los Angeles Human Relations Commission member, acquitted
• V.A. Solari, Tuolumne County
• Ernestine Solorio, 1960-61, Irwindale deputy registrar of voters, guilty
• Angela Spaccia, Bell
• Robert Nicholas Starr, 1968-71, Los Angeles Harbor Commission member, conviction overturned
• C.E. Stauter, Needles
• Marc A. Stefano, Fresno
• Robert Stevenson, Los Angeles
• Fred E. Stewart, 1939 and after, member of the state Board of Equalization, charges dismissed
• David W. Stilwell, Bakersfield
• David Stubblefield, San Jacinto
• John J. Sullivan, Oakland
• Bob J. Talbert, Corona
• Valerie Terrigno, West Hollywood
• Harry W. Thomas, Oakland
• Walter R. Tucker III, 1996, Compton mayor, convicted
• Joel Turner, 1870, Los Angeles mayor, convicted
• Luis Tury Jr., Rosemead
• Jack Vallerga, Orange County
• Richardo Vasquez, Commerce
• Alfred Villalobos, state
• Paul A. Vincilione, Sausalito
• John B. Walsh, San Diego
• Charles Ward, 1895, San Joaquin County hospital superintendent, conviction overturned
• George D. Watson, 1968-71, Los Angeles Harbor Commission member, convicted
• Teresa Webster, 2002-10, member of the City Retirement Board, charges dismissed
• H.W. Weineke, 1895, San Diego County tax collector, indictments set aside
• Harry K. Weitzel, San Diego
• Peter Werrlein Jr., Bell
• C.L. Westlake, Monterey County
• Myron A. Whidden, Alameda County
• Henry G. Whiddon, Rosemead
• Augustus C. Widber, San Francisco
• Maxwell M. Willens, 1971, San Joaquin County superior judge, convicted
• William H. Williams, 1891, state senator, indicted
• Cathe Wilson, Temple City
• James Wilson, 1978-86, Long Beach City Council member, convicted
• Judy Wong, Temple City
• Frederic T. Woodman, 1919, Los Angeles mayor, acquitted
• Danny Allen Woolard, Moorpark
• Russell Woolfolk, 1965-78, Compton City Council member, convicted
• Eli Wright, 1905, state senator, indictment dismissed
• Roderick Wright, 2008 to present, state senator, indicted
• Michael Zucchet, 2005, San Diego City Council member, convictions reversed or counts dismissed
• Delores Zurita, Compton