Whether any wrongdoing is proved or not, the FBI’s search of Sen. Ron Calderon’s offices is a sobering reminder that California lawmakers are sent to Sacramento to represent voters, not special interests, according to a statewide advocacy group

Officials of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment emphasized that they have no knowledge of Calderon’s guilt or innocence in whatever the FBI is investigating. The law enforcement agency, which served a sealed search warrant Tuesday, has not disclosed the nature of its probe.

“We’re saying to all our elected officials that either you work with the people or you work against them,” said Peggy Mears, an organizer of the statewide group that advocates on behalf of low- and moderate-income Californians on taxes, health care, mortgages and other issues.

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