Orange County Board of Education Trustee Beckie Gomez was served a lawsuit during a March 2 board meeting for simultaneously holding two elected seats whose jurisdictions overlap. This comes several months after her colleague was forced to resign for the same reason. The lawsuit was filed by Mike Tardif on behalf of a group of individuals whose identities were not immediately known. The lawsuit claims Gomez is unlawfully holding “two incompatible offices” by serving as a trustee on the board of education and a councilwoman on the Tustin City Council. The lawsuit demands that she be removed from office and pay a $5,000 fine. Gomez has served on the Tustin City Council since 2010. While on council, she ran to serve as a board of education trustee and has served since 2016. Gomez won re-election for both seats in 2020. Trustee Tim Shaw faced the same legal challenge in January 2021 …