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Former Stanton councilmember accused of not living in district she represented, lying on election paperwork

January 18, 2025

The Orange County District Attorney’s office has charged former Stanton Councilmember Hong Alyce Van with multiple felonies, alleging she no longer lived in the district she represented and lied on her candidate paperwork when she sought reelection.

The DA’s Office on Friday, Jan. 17, announced Van, 40, who represented District 2 on the Stanton City Council from 2020 to 2024, had been charged with four felony charges: perjury; offering a false or forged document to be filed, registered; filing false nomination papers; and not being entitled to vote at an election.

Van could not be immediately reached for comment.

Prosecutors allege Van, less than a year after being elected in November 2020 to the City Council, purchased a home in District 4 in Stanton with her husband and son, according to the DA’s Office. Van did not sell her previous home in District 2 and allowed other family members to live in her former home, according to the DA’s Office.

On days of council meetings, Van would leave her home in District 4 and drive to her previous home in District 2 before walking to City Hall to attend meetings, according to the DA’s Office.

Van, after moving away from her District 2 home, should have resigned, the DA’s Office press release said, but she continued to serve on the council.

Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer described the alleged violations as “deliberate decisions to interfere with our democratic process.”

In July, Van submitted an Affidavit of Nominee under penalty of perjury to run for re-election in District 2, when she was ineligible to run for the seat, the DA’s Office said in its announcement. She later used her former District 2 address for her voter registration to vote in November’s election, according to the DA’s Office.

Van lost her race to Victor Barrios in the November election for the District 2 council seat.

Van was born in a refugee camp in Hong Kong and is the daughter of Vietnamese immigrants, according to a biography published on the Stanton city website. She has lived in the city since she was 2 and was appointed to the City Council in 2019, it said.

Van is scheduled for arraignment on Jan. 29, the DA’s Office press release said.

Orange County Register

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Former Stanton councilmember accused of not living in district she represented, lying on election paperwork

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