Category: California Attorney General Opinions

Opinion No. 99-617 (1999) MCGREGOR W. SCOTT Attorney General of California ? Opinion September 16, 1999 BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General BILL LOCKYER Attorney General CLAYTON P. ROCHE Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE MCGREGOR W. SCOTT, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SHASTA COUNTY, has requested an opinion on the following question: May marriage ceremonies be solemnized by a county […]

Opinion No. 01-504 (2001) NORMAN L. VROMAN Attorney General of California ? Opinion October 24, 2001 BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General BILL LOCKYER Attorney General GREGORY L. GONOT Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE NORMAN L. VROMAN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, COUNTY OF MENDOCINO, has requested an opinion on the following question: May a grand jury hire an expert […]

Opinion No. 01-103 (2002) JOHN BURTON Attorney General of California ? Opinion January 2, 2002 BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General BILL LOCKYER Attorney General GREGORY L. GONOT Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE JOHN BURTON, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE STATE SENATE, has requested an opinion on the following question: Is it a violation of the state’s […]

Opinion No. 04-1107 (2005) GERAWAN FARMING, INC Attorney General of California ? Opinion March 10, 2005 BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General BILL LOCKYER Attorney General GREGORY L. GONOT Deputy Attorney General GERAWAN FARMING, INC., requests leave to sue in quo warranto upon the following question: Has Daniel Zingale forfeited his office as a member of the […]

Opinion No. 04-1104 (2005) SHEILA JAMES KUEHL Attorney General of California ? Opinion August 18, 2005 BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General BILL LOCKYER Attorney General SUSAN DUNCAN LEE Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE SHEILA JAMES KUEHL, MEMBER OF THE STATE SENATE, has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. If a perpetrator commits a sexual […]

Opinion No. 04-1217 (2005) HILDA CANT? MONTOY Attorney General of California ? Opinion December 20, 2005 BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General BILL LOCKYER Attorney General SUSAN DUNCAN LEE Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE HILDA CANT? MONTOY, CITY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, CITY OF FRESNO, has requested an opinion on the following question: May the agenda of a meeting […]

Opinion No. 98-901 (1998) THOMAS F. CASEY Attorney General of California ? Opinion December 17, 1998 DANIEL E. LUNGREN, Attorney General DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General CLAYTON P. ROCHE Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE THOMAS F. CASEY, III, COUNTY COUNSEL, SAN MATEO COUNTY, has requested an opinion on the following question: Are claims for senior […]

Opinion No. 08-106 (2009) THE HONORABLE TOM HARMAN, MEMBER OF THE STATE SENATE Attorney General of California ? Opinion June 29, 2009 EDMUND G. BROWN JR., Attorney General EDMUND G. BROWN JR. Attorney General TAYLOR S. CAREY Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE TOM HARMAN, MEMBER OF THE STATE SENATE, has requested an opinion on the […]

Opinion No. 00-204 (2000) DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Attorney General of California ? Opinion August 2, 2000 BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General BILL LOCKYER Attorney General GREGORY L. GONOT Deputy Attorney General THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS has requested an opinion on the following question: Is a bank required to pledge securities for deposits consisting of […]

Opinion No. 96-302 (1997) BRUCE MCPHERSON Attorney General of California ? Opinion January 3, 1997 DANIEL E. LUNGREN, Attorney General DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General GREGORY L. GONOT Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE BRUCE McPHERSON, MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE, has requested an opinion on the following question: For purposes of the California Uniform […]

Opinion No. 05-910 (2006) BOB MARGETT Attorney General of California ? Opinion May 22, 2006 BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General BILL LOCKYER Attorney General SUSAN DUNCAN LEE Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE BOB MARGETT, MEMBER OF THE STATE SENATE, has requested an opinion on the following question: May city council members of a general law city […]

Opinion No. 97-103 (1997) LIZ FIGUEROA Attorney General of California ? Opinion May 23, 1997 DANIEL E. LUNGREN, Attorney General DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General ANTHONY S. Da VIGO Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE LIZ FIGUEROA, MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY, has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. May the city council […]

Opinion No. 04-1203 (2005) PHILLIP J. CLINE Attorney General of California ? Opinion May 11, 2005 BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General BILL LOCKYER Attorney General GREGORY L. GONOT Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE PHILLIP J. CLINE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, COUNTY OF TULARE, has requested an opinion on the following question: In delegating its investment authority over surplus […]

Opinion No. 96-1001 (1997) DARRELL W. LARSEN Attorney General of California ? Opinion March 20, 1997 DANIEL E. LUNGREN, Attorney General DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General CLAYTON P. ROCHE Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE DARRELL W. LARSEN, COUNTY COUNSEL, SUTTER COUNTY, has requested an opinion on the following question: Must an appointee to a county […]

Opinion No. 97-1005 (1998) DICK ACKERMAN Attorney General of California ? Opinion February 13, 1998 DANIEL E. LUNGREN, Attorney General DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General GREGORY L. GONOT Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE DICK ACKERMAN, MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY, has requested an opinion on the following question: May the owner of a mobile […]

Opinion No. 05-808 (2006) CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM Attorney General of California ? Opinion June 12, 2006 BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General BILL LOCKYER Attorney General MARC J. NOLAN Deputy Attorney General THE CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM has requested an opinion on the following question: May the California State Teachers’ Retirement System make a […]

Opinion No. 00-206 (2000) MARTIN GALLEGOS Attorney General of California ? Opinion July 27, 2000 BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General BILL LOCKYER Attorney General ANTHONY S. DA VIGO Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE MARTIN GALLEGOS, MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, has requested an opinion on the following question: May a non-professional corporation, known as a management […]

Opinion No. 06-506 (2006) ANN MOORE Attorney General of California ? Opinion August 25, 2006 BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General BILL LOCKYER Attorney General MARC J. NOLAN Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE ANN MOORE, CITY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, CITY OF CHULA VISTA, has requested an opinion on the following question: May a city council enter into a […]

Opinion No. 97-1007 (1998) GROSSMONT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION and LINDA PIERCE Attorney General of California ? Opinion March 5, 1998 DANIEL E. LUNGREN, Attorney General DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General ANTHONY Da VIGO Deputy Attorney General GROSSMONT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION and LINDA PIERCE have requested this office to grant leave to sue in quo warranto upon the […]

Opinion No. 05-303 (2006) DAVE JONES Attorney General of California ? Opinion April 28, 2006 BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General BILL LOCKYER Attorney General MARC J. NOLAN Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE DAVE JONES, MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, has requested an opinion on the following question: May a city ordinance limit the use of play […]

Opinion No. 04-101 (2004) STEVEN N. SAMUELIAN Attorney General of California ? Opinion June 3, 2004 BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General BILL LOCKYER Attorney General DANIEL G. STONE Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE STEVEN N. SAMUELIAN, MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, has requested an opinion on the following question: May a regional financial development corporation guarantee […]

Opinion No. 03-805 (2004) WILLIAM C. KATZENSTEIN Attorney General of California ? Opinion July 22, 2004 BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General BILL LOCKYER Attorney General DANIEL G. STONE Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE WILLIAM C. KATZENSTEIN, COUNTY COUNSEL, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, has requested an opinion on the following question: May an airport land use commission exempt […]

Opinion No. 03-610 (2003) DARIO FROMMER Attorney General of California ? Opinion September 16, 2003 BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General BILL LOCKYER Attorney General GREGORY L. GONOT Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE DARIO FROMMER, MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, has requested an opinion on the following question: Under the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Act, […]

Opinion No. 01-1107 (2002) MARGUERITE BATTERSBY Attorney General of California ? Opinion June 7, 2002 BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General BILL LOCKYER Attorney General ANTHONY S. DA VIGO Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE MARGUERITE BATTERSBY, CITY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, CITY OF ADELANTO, has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. May a person serve simultaneously as […]

Opinion No. 03-104 (2005) JAMES B. LINDHOLM, JR. Attorney General of California ? Opinion May 18, 2005 BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General BILL LOCKYER Attorney General GREGORY L. GONOT Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE JAMES B. LINDHOLM, JR., COUNTY COUNSEL, COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, has requested an opinion on the following question: May a community […]