In particular, Weiss accepted 78 political contributions from subcontractors for developer Alan Casden. Additionally, a vice president of Casden Properties made contributions to the Weiss campaign that were later deemed to violate city campaign finance law. Weiss not accused of any wrongdoing by the either the city or state. The California Fair Political Practices Commission ruled that there was no evidence that the Weiss was aware of the source or illegal nature of the donations.
