Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of California public officials charged with crimes
The topic is well-sourced and the topic seems quite notable.  As an example of similar tertiary coverage elsewhere, see ''http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DxupZ6O0p64C&pg=PA153 Political corruption in America: an encyclopedia of scandals, power, and greed''.  The page shown by that link documents the case of Richard Thomas Hanna in an encyclopedic way.  This person is included in the list in question and, as that person is dead, BLP does not apply.  This demonstrates that deletion is not appropriate and that ordinary editing to improve the quality of the article is what's needed.  Relevant policies include  and 
— User:Colonel, 10:45, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:CENSOR||WP:PRESERVE (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)