Tim shaw orange county supervisor

Tim Shaw has been temporarily blocked from serving on the Orange County Board of Education following a Friday ruling from an OC Superior Court judge that says the board may have broken the law when it appointed him to the seat last year. 

“Plaintiff has shown a strong likelihood of success on the merits of its claim that (Shaw’s) appointment to the (OC Board of Education) … was in violation of Government Code,” wrote Judge Martha Gooding in an order released Friday evening. 

That means Shaw will be blocked from serving on the board through the June 7 election while the issue plays out in court, missing at least two board meetings according to the board of education’s meeting schedule posted on their website. 

The case revolves around a state law called Section , that says “no person elected or appointed to the governing body of any city, county, or district … shall be appointed to fill any vacancy on that governing body during the term for which he or she was elect