California Attorney General Opinion 26-601

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QUESTIONS: DALILA BARAJAS, VERONICA AGUIRRE, GINGER L. WALLIS, CRYSTAL ROSEMARIE ARBALLO, TERRI SANTILLAN, MELISSA COBINE, LAURA COBINE, PAUL COBINE, VICTOR RESENDEZ, AMANDA RAMIREZ, LUTHER WALLIS, TERESA M. PIERE, THE COUNTY OF KINGS, and LUPE VILLA, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS OF THE COUNTY OF KINGS (the Relators) have applied for leave to sue ALVARO PRECIADO, LETICIA GAMEZ, PABLO HERNANDEZ, and DAVID REYNOSA (the Defendants) in quo warranto to remove them from the Avenal City Council. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that the application meets all three of the Attorney General's criteria to grant leave to sue: quo warranto is the appropriate remedy; the application raises a substantial legal issue; and resolution of that issue would serve the public interest. Consequently, we GRANT leave to sue.