ALYCE HONG VAN (Tribune photo).
A former Stanton City Councilmember has been charged with multiple felonies for allegedly forging nomination paperwork to run for re-election for a City Council seat in a district in which she did not live and illegally voting in the Nov. 5, 2024, general election.
Hong Alyce Van, 40, of Anaheim, has been charged with one felony count of perjury, one felony count of offering a false or forged document to be filed, registered, or recorded, one felony count of filing false nomination papers, and one felony account of not being entitled to vote at an election.
Van is scheduled to be arraigned on Jan. 29, 2025, at the Stephen K. Tamura Justice Center in Westminster in Department W12. She faces a maximum sentence of six years in state prison if convicted on all counts.
Van was elected in November 2020 to represent Stanton’s City Council District #2, but less than a year after her election Van is accused of purchasing a home in Stanton City Council District #4 with her husband and son.
Despite no longer living in her district, Van did not resign as required by law and continued to serve as the District #2 City Councilmember. Van did not sell her home in District #2, which was located next to the home where her parents live and allowed other family members to live in her former home.
While serving on the City Council, Van is accused of leaving her home located in Stanton City Council District #4, driving to her former residence in Stanton City Council District #2, and then walking to Stanton City Hall to attend City Council meetings.
On July 23, 2024, Van submitted an Affidavit of Nominee, which she signed under penalty of perjury, to run for re-election for Stanton City Council District #2, despite the fact that she no longer lived in the district and was therefore ineligible to run for the City Council seat.
Van’s voter registration continued to list her former District #2 address after she moved and she illegally cast her vote in the November 2024 election while being registered at her former address.
Categories: Courts & Law
We have a very similar case in Irvine. Former Irvine City Council member, Tammy Kim has a civil suit against her for falsifying her address on a voter registration card. She then voted in the last election under this false address. She did this to get ahead of the special election in Irvine in April 2025, for a city council position in District 5, where she stated was her new address. However, a PI confirmed that Tammy Kim is still living in her condo with her son in District 3, and the District 5 address tenants said they have lived there for 8 years and have never had a renter. The story gets even more interesting as she changed her address, yet again when she learned about the PI. So, I am waiting to hear what Alyce Van’s sentence will be. As far as Tammy Kim, she has done some awful things in her 4 years on the council, and I hope she is never allowed to work in public office again. People like her are always looking for ways to skate around the law, and unless they are held accountable, their destruction will just continue. It’s sad to see how desperate they feel, as if their only option is to break the law.