Mariposa county counsel resigns weeks after DA: Here's why

MARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Mariposa County counsel resigned little than 2 weeks aft the county's territory lawyer resigned, successful different determination "not made lightly."

Walter Wall resigned from his presumption arsenic region counsel connected Thursday to give his clip to the relation of Mariposa County DA - a presumption precocious made vacant aft the unexpected departure of Michael McAfee.

Wall antecedently served arsenic the county's DA from 2018 to 2025. After moving connected to go the region counsel, McAfee was appointed by the committee to service arsenic DA until the adjacent election. Wall reassumed the relation aft McAfee submitted his resignation connected Aug. 11.

However, owed to "the challenges of holding some positions simultaneously," Wall stepped distant from region counsel.

“This determination was not made lightly, arsenic my clip arsenic County Counsel has been some professionally rewarding and personally meaningful,” Wall said. “I person been grateful for the accidental to supply counsel to the Board implicit the past respective months.”

Assistant County Counsel Kevin Briggs volition supply counsel during the transition. He antecedently served arsenic region counsel successful Fresno.