Opinion No. (2000)

BILL LOCKYER Attorney General ANTHONY S. DA VIGO Deputy Attorney General RANDOLPH WARD, GORGONIO SANCHEZ, AND CLORIA PATILLO have requested this office to grant leave to sue in quo warranto upon the following question: Does Saul Lankster's four-month appointment to the board of trustees of the Compton Community College District work a forfeiture of his office on the board of trustees of the Compton Unified School District, an advisory board to the Superintendent of Public Instruction that has no legal rights, duties, or powers of a governing board? CONCLUSION Saul Lankster's four-month appointment to the board of trustees of the Compton Community College District does not work a forfeiture of his office on the board of trustees of the Compton Unified School District, an advisory body to the Superintendent of Public Instruction that has no legal rights, duties, or powers of a governing board. PARTIES RANDOLPH WARD, GORGONIO SANCHEZ, AND CLORIA PATILLO ("Relators") contend that SAUL LANKSTER ("Defendant") is unlawfully holding and exercising the privileges of office on the board of trustees ("School Board") of the Compton Unified School District ("School District") due to his…