Fullerton Mayor Fred Jung was served with a lawsuit ahead of Thursday’s OCPA meeting, marking a significant development in the race for Orange County Supervisor. The lawsuit, filed in Orange County Superior Court, challenges both Jung’s ballot designation and specific claims made in his candidate statement.
Jung’s ballot designation lists his occupation as “Fullerton Mayor / Businessowner.” The petition argues this designation is misleading and not supported by current business activity. It cites state business records indicating that Gatsby LLC, the company associated with Jung, was dissolved in 2014. Under California election law, ballot designations must reflect a candidate’s current, primary occupation and cannot be misleading to voters.
Jung’s candidate statement asserts that he “turned around a $9 million deficit into a balanced budget.” The lawsuit argues this is misleading because it conflates different budget concepts. While cities are required to adopt a balanced budget each year, the petition alleges that Fullerton continues to face a structural deficit and has relied on reserve funds to balance its budget. Recent financial projections show ongoing deficits and declining reserves, raising questions about the accuracy of the claim.
The candidate statement also claims Jung “built 9 new parks.” The petition argues this is factually inaccurate, stating that the city has not opened new parks during his tenure. While some park renovations and improvements may have occurred, the lawsuit contends that characterizing these as “new parks” is misleading to voters.
The lawsuit asks the court to remove “Businessowner” from Jung’s ballot designation and to strike the contested claims from the voter information pamphlet, arguing they violate California election law requiring ballot materials to be accurate and not misleading.
These types of election challenges are time-sensitive, as courts must act quickly to ensure voter information is finalized before ballots are printed. The case does not determine wrongdoing; rather, it asks a judge to decide whether the statements meet the legal standard for being misleading under state law.
The filing comes amid broader scrutiny of Fullerton’s finances, including a recently identified $2.9 million accounting error and projections showing declining reserves. Those issues have become a central point of debate in recent City Council meetings.
As of now, Jung has not publicly responded to the lawsuit.
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Jung’s Form 700 which is supposed to list all money coming into his household lists only his wife’s salary at a law firm – does not list any small business he says he runs. Good for former Fullerton Mayor Jan Flory for catching this issue and the ridiculous Nonexistent nine parks created plus the imaginary good financial position he is leaving Fullerton with instead of the truth that we are headed for bankruptcy unless more revenue is created.
Fullerton has been totally messed over by Jung. And he wants to apply his “skills” to the whole of Orange county? Yikes! Thank you Jan Flory!
Sadly we are just a stepping stone for his political career of making back alley deals that fill his pockets
So are you saying Doig Chaffee did the same thing?
Almost all politicians are
Please file a complaint with the State of California as they need to investigate his 700 forms as well. His county supervisor statement form and 700 form are legal records. He is obviously lying on one of them. He is so corrupt.
This was precisely his demeanor in in December 16th City Council Meeting, in which the public redressed him in every way, and he smugly got his cronies to vote for him again – 4 th time in 6 years – as Mayor. He’s a political machine to further is own interests, and doesn’t give a damn about any constituents that can’t further his naked political ambition! Right out of the Michelle Steel mold!
How does Jung survive on a councilmember’s salary?
ED Response: Council positions are part time and members attend up to twice a month meetings. Stipends are larger than the $9000 a year base. For instance Jung made $29,000 last year in pay and benefits for the council position plus additional income for attending meetings on several boards he sits on such as OCPA and OCWD. Read the Observer report on councilmember pay and perks for details on all councilmembers.