A federal judge in San Diego has sentenced a former president of a two-year college in Southern California and a political consultant to three years’ probation for using college money in a political campaign.

Serafin A. Zasueta, a former president of Southwestern College, and the consultant, Larry Remer, each were ordered on Friday to perform 100 hours of community service and to pay $2,945 in restitution to the college and a $5,000 fine, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.

Mr. Zasueta and Mr. Remer were charged with using $5,890 from the college’s theater budget to pay for a television commercial advocating an $89-million bond measure for colleges that was approved in 2000, according to the Union-Tribune. They pleaded guilty in May to misdemeanors.

Southwestern’s Board of Trustees fired Mr. Zasueta in 2003 after he came under fire for questionable spending and his approach to shared governance (The Chronicle, May 28, 2003).