MISSION VIEJO, Calif.—California Attorney General Rob Bonta May 19 gave a Mission Viejo resident the green light to sue to unseat Mayor Wendy Bucknam and councilmen Ed Sachs and Greg Raths from office on the grounds the elected officials’ terms have expired.
Last month, Mission Viejo resident and retired veteran Michael Schlesinger filed a lawsuit arguing all five city council seats should be up for a vote in November.
At issue is a complicated failed attempt by the city to comply with a 2018 lawsuit settlement to make its elections decided by cumulative voting, meaning city voters would cast up to five ballots for the city’s five council seats….