What Murray’s $200 FPPC disclosure case actually found

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  "summary": "The 2016 case concerned two income disclosures. The stipulation also records findings favorable to Murray.",
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    "The California Fair Political Practices Commission’s November 2016 enforcement announcement identifies a **$200 fine** against Michael Murray, then a City of Napa planning commissioner. It says he failed to timely disclose income sources, including Napa Recycling and Napa on Ice LLC, on his **2011 and 2014** annual Statements of Economic Interests.\n\n",
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    "The underlying stipulation is **case 14/1317**. It lists two counts, one for each annual statement, concerning income sources over $500. Each count carries a $100 penalty. The $500 figure is the reporting threshold stated in the case; it is not a finding that Murray received exactly $500.\n\n",
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    "## The stipulation’s other findings\n\n",
    "Page 3 marks that Murray amended the statements. It also records that enforcement found no evidence of a resulting conflict of interest and no evidence of intent to conceal. The same page states that he had not previously received an enforcement penalty for the specified disclosure or gift-limit categories.\n\n",
    "Those findings belong alongside the violation and fine. A description of the case that omits them would give an incomplete account of the agency’s disposition.\n\n",
    "## Keep the case within its dates and subject\n\n",
    "The matter concerns the 2011 and 2014 disclosure years in his City of Napa planning role. It is separate from the 2019 and 2021 county garbage-rate votes and the 2022 campaign-advertising reports. It does not adjudicate those later events, establish a campaign-coordination finding or determine ownership of a recycling company.\n\n",
    "The agency announcement and the three-page stipulation provide a specific historical result: two income-disclosure violations, amended statements and a total $200 penalty, together with the express findings on conflict and intent.\n\n",
    "The filings and their provenance are also included in the [Public investigation JSON](https://miscsubjects.com/exports/pedroza-canonical.json).\n\n"
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