Former Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli resigned in May under a myriad of sexual assault and misconduct claims.
On Tuesday, he filed paperwork to run for his old seat in November 2022, according to reporting by The Press Democrat. In a statement to KCBS Radio, Foppoli said that the move was purely made for technical reasons and that he has "made no decision to run at this point."
"It is a legal requirement to ensure the appropriate use of previously donated campaign funds," Foppoli said.
Foppoli was first elected to Windsor’s City Council in 2014, and then served two years as the town’s appointed mayor before being officially elected to the post in 2020. His term exploded after nine women, including Windsor Councilwoman Esther Lemus, publicly accused him of sexual assault.
He resigned soon after.
Several agencies have active investigations into him: The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office has been investigating sexual assault allegations against Foppoli since early April and the Palm Beach Police Department in Florida is investigating him on suspicion of felony sexual battery. Two investigations into Foppoli’s political activity also remain open under the Fair Political Practices Commission, the state campaign finance watchdog agency.
State investigators in June began looking into a complaint that Foppoli violated campaign finance rules with past payments, including to a former girlfriend and to the finance chief of his family’s Healdsburg winery.
Another more recent complaint, opened in August, alleges Foppoli had conflicts of interest while voting on a proposed Town Green development because he owns a property of about 600 feet from the massive development.
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