3 more California representatives under House ethics investigations

Three more Californians are mentioned in that leaked report from the House ethics committee.

More names are surfacing from that accidentally leaked report from the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.

Republican Congressman Gary Miller of Brea is accused of inserting a provision in the transportation bill that helped an Upland real estate company. According to the ethics committee report, which was accidentally placed on a public computer site and leaked to the Washington Post, the committee is looking at Miller's profits on real estate investments "potentially" tied to that provision.

Executives of that company, identified by news organizations as the Lewis Operating company, donated thousands of dollars to Miller's campaigns. The documents recommend further investigation of the allegations. Miller says he hasn't heard from the ethics committee in three years.

Also mentioned in the leaked report are the congressional Sanchez sisters. The issue is whether the sisters violated House rules when Democrat Linda Sanchez of Lakewood lent her sister a trio of legislative aides – and paid their salaries. The loan dates back to 2006 when an employee embezzled money from the office of Democrat Loretta Sanchez of Anaheim.

According to the attorney for Loretta Sanchez, the sisters asked the ethics committee whether the transfer was allowed. The leaked report says committee staff recommended closing the issue. There is no indication that the full staff has taken action to dismiss its inquiry.