{"id":382396,"date":"2026-07-01T18:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/382396\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T18:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:30:10","slug":"kings-co-supervisor-if-these-were-maga-california-bonta-would-intervene-in-avenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/382396\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings Co Supervisor: “If these were MAGA”, California, Bonta would intervene in Avenal"},"content":{"rendered":"

AVENAL, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Kings County District 2 Supervisor Richard Valle, whose district includes the city of Avenal, shared his frustration Wednesday over the lack of help from State Attorney General Rob Bonta\u2019s office to help remove four city councilmembers who were recalled by voters in April.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that if these were MAGA republicans who were refusing to leave office, someone in California would have done something about that,\u201d Valle said Wednesday morning, during a live interview on Great Day. \u201cWe were hoping he would take some action.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kings Co Sup voices frustration on recalled Avenal council members;”\u2026 if these were MAGA\u2026” (FOX26)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The four council members\u2014 Mayor Alvaro Preciado and Councilmembers Leticia Gamez, Pablo Hernandez and David Reynosa \u2014have refused to step down, questioning the legality of the recall itself.<\/p>\n

Bonta\u2019s office told Fox26 members of the public and Kings County Counsel can file a quo warranto lawsuit, the legal process to challenge a person\u2019s right or eligibility to hold a public office.<\/p>\n

[RELATED] Search warrants served at seven locations in Avenal<\/a><\/p>\n

Bonta\u2019s office approved the application June 17th.<\/p>\n

Even so, the four recalled council members refuse to step down.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never seen a city so deflated in my time of being around in public service. The people feel like nobody\u2019s coming to help,\u201d Valle said.<\/p>\n

Valle says a similar situation played out in late 2024, after three members of the Orosi Public Utilities District refused to vacate their seats after being voted out.<\/p>\n

[RELATED] Avenal City Council members served and due in court Monday in recall dispute<\/a><\/p>\n

Bonta\u2019s office intervened by mid-January 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe same lawyer in the Orosi case serves as lawyer for Avenal\u2019s city council,\u201d Valle said. \u201cSame behavior and action.\u201d<\/p>\n

Valle insists the state attorney general has the ability to remove the recalled council members, so two other council members could be appointed to have a quorum to conduct city business.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re getting ready to celebrate America\u2019s 250th and here we have people being recalled, with 80 percent of the votes and they\u2019re allowed to sit there like nothing happened,\u201d Valle said. \u201cWhy is it being allowed to take place here in the state of California, in the county of Kings, in the city of Avenal? It\u2019s embarrassing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AVENAL, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Kings County District 2 Supervisor Richard Valle, whose district includes the city of Avenal,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-382396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}