Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner, who had been missing from public view for more than three months following accusations of sexually assaulting one of his children, submitted his resignation on Thursday night.
Driving the news: Scrivner’s resignation is effective Friday, with the embattled Supervisor attributing his exit to “significant health and medical reasons” as stated in the letter of resignation addressed to the county of Kern.
- There was no indication of his whereabouts or any mention of the allegations made against him, even though they were put forward by Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood.
Flashback: The path to Scrivner’s resignation begin in April, when Kern County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a call at Zack Scrivner’s residence in Tehachapi.
- Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said Zack Scrivner was stabbed twice in the upper torso by one of his sons, who was trying to protect one of his siblings from sexual assault.
- Zack Scrivner’s attorney H.A. Sala denied the allegations of sexual assault and said the son stabbed Zack Scrivner to keep him from committing suicide with a gun.
- Youngblood also said that detectives seized around 30 firearms, electronics and psychedelic mushrooms from the house.
- California Attorney General Rob Bonta is reviewing the case. No charges have been filed.
Now what? Scrivner’s resignation and vacancy on the Board of Supervisors triggers an appointment by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
- Vacancies on the Board of Supervisors for Kern County, a general law county, is governed by the California Government Code, which give Newsom the authority to appoint a replacement “until the election and qualification of his or her successor.”
- Scrivner’s seat is next up for election in 2026.
What he’s saying: “I am deeply grateful to my constituents in District 2 for entrusting me to represent them on the Kern County Borad [sic] of Supervisors, and I thank them from the bottom of my heart,” Scrivner said in his resignation letter.
Read the letter:
