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Westminster City Councilwoman Amy Phan West pleaded not guilty Monday to allegedly attempting to bribe parking enforcement officers in 2023, to stop her husband’s car from being towed.
[Read: Westminster City Councilwoman Charged With Attempting to Bribe Parking Officer]
Phan West and her attorney, Randy Collins, did not respond to requests for comment Monday.
Kimberly Edds, a spokeswoman for the OC District Attorney’s office, also did not respond to a request for comment Monday.
Phan West’s pretrial is scheduled for April 15 at the Westminster Courthouse at 8:30 am.
The misdemeanor charge comes after city officials sued Phan West along with fellow Councilmember NamQuan Nguyen last year for repeatedly disrupting city council meetings and violating the council’s decorum rules.
[Read: Westminster Asks a Judge to Help Rein in Unruly City Council Meetings]
Phan West has opposed the city lawsuit, calling it a politically motivated attack against her and NamQuan Nguyen, that violates her First Amendment rights.
The councilwoman was also censured by her colleagues in August for a laundry list of allegations that includes disclosing confidential information, publicly berating residents, disparaging staff, lying and trespassing.
[Read: Westminster City Council Censures Amy Phan West Over Laundry List of Allegations]
The next Westminster City Council meeting is scheduled for Wednesday Feb. 26 at 6 pm.
Hosam Elattar is a Voice of OC reporter and corps member with Report for America, a GroundTruth initiative. Contact him at helattar@voiceofoc.org or on Twitter @ElattarHosam.
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