Senator Min Responds to FBI Raid Of OC Supervisor’s Daughter’s Home Following Corruption Allegations

FBI search comes days after Senator Min’s Anti-Corruption Bill—the Rebuilding Public Trust Act—moves to the Governor’s desk for his signature.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Today, California State Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) made the following statement in response to the news that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) conducted a raid at the home of the daughter of Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do, apparently in connection with the controversial awarding of millions of dollars in funding from Orange County to a nonprofit she headed up. This search occurred just a week after Senator Min’s Rebuilding Public Trust Act (SB 1111), which would require elected officials to disclose and abstain from voting on contracts being awarded to their relatives, was passed by the California Legislature and sent to the Governor’s desk for consideration.

“It is absolutely unacceptable for elected officials to lie, cheat, and steal taxpayer money,” said State Senator Min. “For too long, Orange County has been seen as a place where corruption and abuse of the public trust are part of the political culture. I’m glad the FBI is investigating these serious allegations of public corruption, and I hope that this news will provide further motivation for the Governor to sign my anti-corruption legislation into law. My hope is that the Rebuilding Public Trust Act will end this type of corruption and help to restore public trust in our government.”

Senator Min introduced SB 1111 after news reports uncovered that an Orange County Supervisor voted to award multi-million dollar contracts to an organization run by his daughter. Despite the clear conflict of interest, existing state law does not forbid elected officials from awarding public contracts to their adult children.

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