Carmel Mayor Sue McCloud failed to properly disclose expenses in the April 13 election.

That's according to California's Fair Political Practices Commission, which found that McCloud failed to properly report expenses for ads she placed in the Weekly and the Carmel Pine Cone in her recent re-election campaign

Adam Moniz, McCloud's opponent,  filed a complaint with the FPPC after noticing that McCloud had not accounted for the ads on the required disclosure document. McCloud quickly filed an amendment to the report, saying she didn't intend to hide the expenditures; she would have filed the proper disclosures after paying the bills.

However, state law requires candidates for office to report all expenses when they're incurred, not after they're paid.

The FPPC has issued McCloud a warning letter rather than a levying fine, because with the amendment to her disclosure statement, the agency found that the public had access to information on her campaign expenses before the April 13 election.