Opinion No. (2001)

BILL LOCKYER Attorney General CLAYTON P. ROCHE Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE DEAN FLOREZ, MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, has requested our opinion on the following questions: 1. Would it be a violation of Government Code section 1090 for the sole shareholder of a corporation that operates an ambulance service under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by a city to hold the office of mayor of the city? 2. Would it be a violation of Government Code section 1090 for a city council to modify the terms of an ambulance service rate schedule where the ambulance service is operated by a corporation of which the mayor of the city is the sole shareholder? 3. Would it be a violation of Government Code section 1090 for a city council to modify the terms of an agreement allowing interruption of the traffic signals of the city in exchange for payment of an annual fee, where the agreement is made with a corporation of which the mayor of the city is the sole shareholder? 4. Do the offices of Mayor of the City in Bakersfield and Director of the 15th District Agricultural Association constitute incompatible public offices? CONCLUSIONS 1. It would not be a violation of…