St. Barbara’s Catholic Church, in Santa Ana, has been caught promoting the political campaign of Ken Nguyen, a Santa Ana Parks and Recreation Commissioner, who is running for the Orange County Board of Education, in Area One, which includes the City of Santa Ana.
Repeated phone calls have been made to the church officials and to the Orange County Catholic Dioscese, but to date the signs are still all over the church’s property. This is illegal and puts the church at risk of losing their tax exempt status, according to the IRS:
The Prohibition on Political Campaign Intervention
Under the Internal Revenue Code, all section 501(c)(3) organizations are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office. The prohibition applies to all campaigns including campaigns at the federal, state and local level. Violation of this prohibition may result in denial or revocation of tax-exempt status and the imposition of certain excise taxes. Those section 501(c)(3) organizations that are private foundations are subject to additional restrictions that are not described in this fact sheet.
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Pedroza if those were your signs you wouldn’t say a thing. Then again if they were your signs I would have pulled my truck over and ripped them out just like I used to rip the tan nguyen signs out.
I have never placed campaign signs on church property.
That said, if I ever catch you destroying legally placed signs I will be very happy to call the SAPD.
The sapd has better things to do don’t waste their time. Btw where are your signs?
See Hang em Higher’s comment.
Do you think signs really have any impact on election results? I know candidates and their supporters like to see them but I wonder if it’s worth it?
Cmon pedroza tell me where your signs are.
No signs Jose. Sorry!
At least it wasn’t a sign for either of the other ass hats in the race…
I don’t think Elizondo has put up signs, though I could be wrong. Hammond signs are all over the place, but at least he has had the sense not to jeopardize the tax exempt status of any churches…