California Assembly candidate Denise Aguilar pleaded guilty in 2020 to lying to obtain nearly $11,000 in San Joaquin County aid, court records show. Aguilar, a Republican challenging Democrat Rhodesia Ransom for the District 13 seat, Aguilar faced charges in 2019 of felony receiving aid by misrepresentation, grand theft and perjury before pleading guilty to one misdemeanor charge of receiving aid by misrepresentation, a type of welfare fraud, under a plea deal, the complaint in the case shows.