Opinion No. (2008)

EDMUND G. BROWN JR. Attorney General TAYLOR S. CAREY Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE STEVE COOLEY, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, has requested leave to sue in quo warranto upon the following question: May a member of the City Council of the City of Maywood serve simultaneously on the Board of Directors of the Water Replenishment District of Southern California? CONCLUSION Whether a member of the City Council of the City of Maywood may serve simultaneously on the Board of Directors of the Water Replenishment District of Southern California presents substantial questions of fact and law warranting judicial resolution. *Page 2 ANALYSIS The District Attorney of Los Angeles County (Relator) alleges that Sergio Calderon (Defendant) is simultaneously holding two public offices that are incompatible, in violation of Government Code section 1099 . 1 The two offices in question are that of a member of the City Council of the City of Maywood (City) and director of the Water Replenishment District of Southern California (District). Defendant was elected to the City Council on November 8, 2005, and to the District's board of directors on November 7, 2006. Relator requests…