Legal Opinion
Conde v. City of San Diego
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 23, 2005No. D045379PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
O’ROURKE, J.
The trial court denied Lou Conde’s petition for writ of mandate that sought to prohibit George Stevens from filling the San Diego City Council District 4 seat declared vacant when Councilmember Charles Lewis died. Conde contends: (1) under the San Diego City Charter, 1 after a councilmember has served two consecutive terms for a particular district, that individual is barred for life from running for that specific office; and (2) the date of death of an elected official is the date the office should become vacant. We conclude Conde’s contentions find no support in the plain…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
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