Opinion No. (2006)

BILL LOCKYER Attorney General GREGORY L. GONOT Deputy Attorney General

CAL CAMARA has requested leave to sue in quo warranto upon the following question:

Is Art Bishop unlawfully holding the office of director of the Mojave Water Agency because the office was not vacant at the time of his appointment?

CONCLUSION

Whether Art Bishop is unlawfully holding the office of director of the Mojave Water Agency because the office was not vacant at the time of his appointment presents substantial questions of fact and law warranting judicial resolution.

ANALYSIS

In 1959, the Legislature created the Mojave…