The search came months after a former Baldwin Park police officer signed a sworn statement that he’d received complaints from three cannabis dispensary operators alleging “questionable business practices, which included paying as much as $250,000 cash in a brown paper bag to city officials.” Galvan is due back in court June 30, records show.įor Galvan - who was first elected in 2013 and described himself as the city’s youngest and first Latino councilman - the election ruling is the latest in a string of controversies over the past two years.įederal investigators served a search warrant at Galvan’s home in November 2020 as part of an investigation into marijuana licensing practices in Baldwin Park. The district attorney’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the terms of Chaouch’s plea or the status of the case. Dawson and Galvan have both pleaded not guilty to election fraud charges.Ĭhaouch has since pleaded no contest to violating election laws, court records show. Chaouch also said she was later hired as part of Galvan’s campaign after Dawson told her “they were doing this to stop the long-standing corruption that would only continue if Andre Spicer were to be elected,” according to the judge’s ruling.Īttempts to contact Chaouch and Dawson on Monday were not successful. Spicer had previously told The Times that Chaouch reached out to his campaign to expose the alleged election fraud. “Jace is the only person that lives there.” “There’s a couple more that are using his personal address as well,” she said, according to the judge’s ruling.
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