GOLETA CITY COUNCIL - Bought and Paid For:

GOLETA CITY COUNCIL - Bought and Paid For:

Five members of the Keston family donated a total of $16,646 in the final two weeks of the Goleta City Council campaign to Michael Bennett, Eric Onnen, and Roger Aceves. Michael Keston heads the L.A.-based Larwin Company, which has been trying for years to develop the Bishop Ranch property between Los Carneros and Glen Annie. He and four relatives made 18 donations during the final two weeks to Michael Bennett, Eric Onnen, and Roger Aceves, and to two organizations that backed Bennett and Onnen, the South Coast PAC and Goletans for Fiscal Responsibility. The donations were all between $900 and $999. While it is illegal for a corporation to funnel contributions through its employees in order to remain within contribution constraints, the same rule may apply to a family if one family member reimburses another for the contribution, according to the California Fair Political Practices Commission Handbook