A Kern County supervisor under investigation for allegedly sexually assaulting one of his sons has resigned.
The announcement Thursday night by Supervisor Zack Scrivner came as the California attorney general's office is reviewing a criminal case against Scrivner, who has avoided public appearances since the allegations surfaced in April.
In a letter to Kern County Board of Supervisors Chairman David Couch, Scrivner did not mention the allegations or the looming criminal investigation. Instead, Scrivner said he was resigning due to “significant health and medical reasons.”
His resignation became effective on Friday.
“Serving the people of Kern County since 2011 has been the honor of my life,” said the letter, obtained by The Times.
Scrivner began his political career as a member of the Bakersfield City Council. He was elected to the county board of supervisors in 2011, where he served as chairman in 2012, 2017 and 2022.
But on April 25, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said deputies had been called to Scrivner's home that week after receiving a call that the county supervisor was armed and having “some type of psychotic episode.”
The call, Youngblood said, came from Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer, who is also Scrivner's aunt.
When officers arrived, Scrivner was found to have been stabbed twice by one of his sons, allegedly protecting one of his brothers, Youngblood said during the news conference.
In their investigation, officers heard allegations that Scrivner had sexually assaulted one of his minor children. All four of Scrivner's minor children were in the home at the time, but Youngblood declined to disclose the children's ages or who was involved in the incident.
Scrivner's wife, who had filed for divorce in March, was not home.
Scrivner's attorney, H.A. Sala, told KGET 17 at the time that the allegations were false and that Scrivner was going through a mental health crisis at the time. He said the stabbing occurred when one of his sons tried to disarm him.
Sala did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
On Friday, the Kern County Sheriff's Office confirmed that a criminal case has been filed with the California Attorney General's office.
A spokesman for the Attorney General's Office said the case is still under review.
