At the beginning of the year, the three-term Republican governor admitted in a televised address that he lied about who paid for renovations to his summer home. After originally claiming he paid for the construction himself, Rowland confessed that state employees and people wanting to do business with the state paid for the installation of a hot tub, a heating system and cathedral ceilings. But Rowland has denied that the people who performed the work won anything from the state in return for their services

Rowland has also been fined by the state Ethics Committee:

Rowland has been fined for accepting a set of free concert tickets and a below-rate hotel room.

Interesting that the CNN article does not mention whether Rowland is a Democrat or Republican. The San Francisco Chronicle reports Rowland is a Republican.