BCAA flier attacked former Mayor Scott Gruendl.
A Butte County political action committee – under state investigation for more than a year and counting – has become increasingly vague in reporting its spending activities targeting Chico liberals.
The state Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) announced on Aug. 15, 2016, that it had opened an investigation into Butte County Awareness and Accountability and its treasurer, Tom Kozik, as a result of information uncovered in this ChicoSol exclusive.
“It’s still an open and ongoing investigation,” Jay Wierenga, the FPPC’s communications director in Sacramento, said last week.
Butte County Awareness and Accountability, while claiming to be a general purpose PAC and filing its required paperwork with the Butte County elections office in Oroville, spent the bulk of its funds in both 2014 and 2016 on attack ads aimed at liberal candidates for Chico City Council.