U.S. Attorney’s Office February 21, 2014
Central District of California(213) 894-2434
LOS ANGELES—Ronald Calderon, a member of the California State Senate, has agreed to surrendered to federal authorities on Monday after being named in a federal grand jury indictment that accuses him of taking tens of thousands of dollars in bribes from a businessman and from people who were associated with a Hollywood film studio but who were in actuality undercover FBI agents. Continue reading
Former Democratic state Assemblyman Tom Calderon has decided not to run next year for the state Senate seat being vacated by his brother, Ron Calderon (D-Montebello), friends and associates said Wednesday, according to the L.A. Times.
In June, the FBI served search warrants on the office of Sen. Ron Calderon as part of a public corruption investigation.
In August, the FBI served a second round of subpoenas on the Central Basin Municipal Water District seeking documents on agency officials and contracts connected to Tom Calderon, who had been paid $750,000 in consulting fees by the district since 2004. Continue reading