Ron Calderon

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In August 2011, Calderon announced he would be running for the United States Congress in the newly redrawn California's 38th congressional district against incumbent U.S. Congresswoman Linda Sánchez in the Democratic primary. Calderon's State Senate district represented around 70% of the redrawn thirty-eighth. [14] Calderon withdrew from the race in January 2012. [15]

Corruption case

On June 4, 2013, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided Calderon's offices in the California State Capitol in an attempt to find evidence regarding accusations of criminal activity. [16] On the same day, the FBI also raided the office of California's Latino Legislative Caucus of which Calderon served as vice-chair.

An FBI affidavit was published online on October 30, 2013, by cable network Al Jazeera America with a claim that State Sen. Ron Calderon accepted about $88,000 in bribes from a Southern California hospital executive, Michael Drobot, for legislation regarding workers' compensation for an expensive surgical procedure, and an undercover FBI agent posing as a film studio owner during a wide-ranging probe into his conduct as a legislator. [17] On November 12, 2013, Calderon was suspended from his committee assignments, citing the ongoing inquiry into the alleged bribe. [18]

On February 21, 2014, Calderon agreed to surrender to federal authorities after being named in a federal grand jury indictment. [19] After surrendering to authorities on February 24, 2014, Calderon appeared in Court and pleaded not guilty to 24 charges relating to wire fraud, bribery, money laundering and falsification of tax returns. His trial was scheduled to commence on April 22, 2014. Calderon was released on a $50,000 surety bond. He could have faced a prison term of up to a maximum 396 years if convicted on all charges. The California Senate gave the senator until March 3, 2014, to either resign or take a leave of absence, failing which a vote would be taken to suspend him from office. [20] On March 2, Calderon announced that he would take a leave of absence. He was absent until the end of the 2014 session, at which point he was term-limited out of office. [21]

On June 13, 2016, federal prosecutors announced that Calderon agreed to plead guilty to mail fraud. [22] A week earlier his brother Tom pleaded guilty to money-laundering. [23]

In October 2016, Calderon was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder to serve 42 months in federal prison and perform 150 hours of community service. Calderon began his prison sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution, Sheridan in January 2017, and released in January 2019, after serving only 24 months of his 42-month sentence. [2] [24] Through his attorney, Mark Geragos, he had petitioned the Bureau of Prisons to be released 12 month earlier, in January 2018, under the Second Chance Act of 2007. [25]

Personal life

In 1982, Calderon married Ana. They have two children, Jessica and Zachary. Calderon resides in Montebello, California. [3] [26]

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  21. ↑ "Embattled State Sen. Ron Calderon Takes Indefinite Leave Of Absence". March 2, 2014.
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Ronald Calderon
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Member of the California State Senate
from the 30th district
In office
December 4, 2006 –November 30, 2014
California Assembly
Preceded by California State Assemblyman, 58th District
2002–2006		Succeeded by
California Senate
Preceded by California State Senator, 30th District
2006–2014		Succeeded by
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