SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Salt Lake City Councilwoman Eva Chavez Lopez has come under fire yet again, a week after being accused of unlawful sexual misconduct. One of her constituents has raised concerns that Chavez Lopez does not live in the district that she serves, which would make her position unlawful.
This week, District 4 resident Nicholas Rupp reached out to the Salt Lake City Attorney’s Office, in which he alleged that councilwoman Eva Chavez Lopez is residing outside of District 4, the district she was elected in and that she currently serves.
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According to Utah State Code, any elected official in a municipality within the municipality and within the district that they represent. Their office is automatically vacant if the individual, “establishes a principal place of residence outside the district that the elected officer represents.”
Additionally, if the elected officer resides at a secondary residence outside of the district they represent for over 60 days continuously, their office will be atomically vacant…