The Orange County district attorney's office will not pursue criminal charges against Santa Ana's longtime mayor, ending months of scrutiny over allegations that Miguel Pulido made tens of thousands of dollars from a property swap with an auto parts businessman and then voted to award the businessman an exclusive city contract.
A $13,000 fine for six Political Reform Act violations, which was approved Thursday by the Fair Political Practices Commission, will instead serve as the sole sanctions against Pulido, who has served as the city's mayor for about two decades. The mayor's critics said the property swap was a disguised bribe and several of his council colleagues urged the district attorney to explore filing charges. But prosecutors, who took the case to a grand jury, said there was no evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
"I'm relieved that it's over, that it's come to a positive conclusion, and that I can now go focus on my family and the city's business and my personal business," Pulido said Friday after prosecutors released their findings.
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