TIMELINE

* 1981 - Formed his own corporation, David P. Garofalo & Associates.

* 1990 - Became publisher of the Independent, a position he held for a

short time.

* December 1993 -- Newspaper publisher Dave Garofalo awarded contract

to publish Huntington Beach Visitors Guide.

* November 1994 -- Garofalo elected to Huntington Beach City Council.

* January 1998 -- Garofalo sells Visitor Guide publishing rights to a

longtime friend.

* July 1998 -- Garofalo purchases home for $565,000 and sells it a day

later to a friend for $625,000.

* October 1998 -- Fair Political Practices Commission advises Garofalo

to abstain from voting on matters involving advertisers for a year after

receiving payment.

* 1999 - Became mayor through rotation

* May 2000 -- Complaint filed with FPPC claiming Garofalo violated

state voting and conflict-of-interest laws.

* June 2000 -- Huntington Beach city attorney launches an

investigation into the relationship between the Visitors Guide, Garofalo

and the Huntington Beach Conference and Visitors Bureau.

* July 2000 -- Orange County district attorney’s office requests

minutes from council meetings since December 1994 and statements of

economic interest as part of a Garofalo conflict-of-interest

investigation.

* July 2000 -- City attorney turns over investigation to district

attorney’s office and FPPC.

* July 2000 -- Garofalo admits to casting hundreds of votes aiding

advertisers while unaware of potential conflict.

* August 2000 -- City attorney orders Huntington Beach Conference and

Visitors Bureau to terminate Visitors Guide contract with Garofalo.

* April 2001 -- District attorney’s office serves search warrants on

Garofalo’s home, cars, business and bank accounts and on the offices of

his business’ new owners.

* June 2001 -- Council rejects request to pay Garofalo’s legal fees

and any civil fines that stem from criminal probe.

* July 2001 -- Court documents allege that Garofalo repeatedly

violated state conflict-of-interest laws and failed to report business

income for at least two years.

* December 2001 -- Resigns his City Council seat, saying he wants to

devote more attention to “personal issues.”* January 2002 -- Pleads

guilty to one felony and 15 misdemeanor charges and is placed on three

years unsupervised probation, charged fines totaling $49,700, is

sentenced to 200 hours of community service and is forever banned from

holding public office in California.