San Bruno Mayor Larry Franzella was found to have violated conflict of interest regulations and not completely declaring his earnings previously by the Fair Political Practices Commission last week resulting in a $9,000 fine.

Six years after voting in favor of grade separation for Bay Area Rapid Transit going through San Bruno, Franzella should have recused himself from the conversation, the FPPC said in its notification to Franzella. The decision resulted in the FPPC reviewing Franzella’s forms declaring property and revenue over the years and finding technical errors last week. Now Franzella will be paying a $9,000 fine. Last month, Franzella called a special meeting to turn his misunderstanding into a learning experience to educate other elected officials and city staff on things to be aware of when it comes to not only property, revenue and gifts.

In question was a decision made around six years ago about San Bruno’s preference about separating the road from the train tracks, which was supported. Franzella previously owned a home at Huntington and Sylvan avenues, close to the train station. Franzella assumed it would be OK to vote on the proposal given a previous, written opinion from the FPPC to vote on BART coming to the area in general.

Also up for conversation were mistakes in filling out the form 700, known as the statement of economic interests and reference.

Franzella, who is a real estate agent, did file his earnings but not a breakdown of how the money came to the company, Prudential Realty. In addition, Franzella listed the sale of the prior home but not as income. He said he did not think to include that as income since the money was used to pay off the bank and went toward another property.

Those who need to fill out the form should put not only sales as income but also list the person who purchased it and their city of residence, according to the FPPC.