Opinion No. (1998)

DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General CLAYTON P. ROCHE Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE KEITH OLBERG, MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY, has requested an opinion on the following question: May the members of the City Council of the City of Hesperia simultaneously serve as the governing board of the Hesperia Fire Protection District and the Hesperia County Water District? CONCLUSION The members of the City Council of the City of Hesperia may simultaneously serve as the governing board of the Hesperia Fire Protection District and the Hesperia County Water District. ANALYSIS On July 1, 1988, the City of Hesperia ("City") was incorporated in accordance with a reorganization plan approved by the electorate as authorized under the Cortese-Knox Local Government Reorganization Act of 1985 (Gov. Code, §§ 56000 - 57550 ; "Act"). 1 As part of the reorganization, the Hesperia Fire Protection District ("Fire District") became a "subsidiary district" of the City. On May 3, 1990, pursuant to a separate reorganization plan adopted under the terms of the Act, the Hesperia County Water District ("Water District") became a "subsidiary district" of the City. Both reorganization plans…