Opinion No. (1998)

DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General CLAYTON P. ROCHE Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE CHARLES R. MACK, COUNTY COUNSEL, YOLO COUNTY, has requested an opinion on the following question: May a county supervisor be employed by the county housing authority commission to serve as its secretary and executive director? CONCLUSION A county supervisor may be employed by the county housing authority commission to serve as its secretary and executive director. ANALYSIS The Housing Authorities Law (Health Saf. Code, §§ 34200 - 34606 ) 1 was enacted by the Legislature to address "a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents which persons of low income can afford. . . ." (§ 34201 , subd. (a).) Section 34240 provides: "In each county and city there is a public body corporate and politic known as the housing authority of the county or city. The authority shall not transact any business or exercise its powers unless, by resolution, the governing body of the county or city declares that there is need for an authority to function in it." Section 34242 states: "The governing body may adopt a resolution declaring that there is need for a housing authority…