Mayoral candidate Mark Farrell has agreed to pay a $108,179 settlement after the San Francisco Ethics Commission found that he violated election laws in his campaign. Why it matters: If approved, it'd be the largest campaign finance penalty in the Ethics Commission's 31-year history,

San Francisco mayoral candidate Mark Farrell agreed Monday to pay a $108,000 ethics fine after an investigation found that he illegally commingled funds between his mayoral campaign and another committee created to support a ballot measure,

San Francisco mayoral candidate Mark Farrell has agreed to a $108,000 fine for campaign law violations, according to a settlement with the city's Ethics Commission.