SONOMA COUNTY ORG. OF PUB. EMPLOYEES v. CTY. OF SONOMA

Docket Nos. S.F. 23892, 23899, 23902, 23903. L.A. No. 31002.

23 Cal.3d 296 (1979)

591 P.2d 1

152 Cal. Rptr. 903

SONOMA COUNTY ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, Petitioner, v. COUNTY OF SONOMA et al., Respondents; THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Real Party in Interest. CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, Petitioner, v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Respondents. SANTA CLARA COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION et al., Petitioners, v. COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA et al., Respondents. MONTEREY COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION et al., Petitioners, v. COUNTY OF MONTEREY et al., Respondents. LONG BEACH FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, Petitioner, v. CITY OF LONG BEACH et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

February 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Peter M. Renkow, Doty & Renkow, Elliott J. Dixon, Alexander H. Singleton, Singleton & Brown, Craig M. Brown, Lewis & Marenstein and John G. Furay for Petitioners.

Schwartz, Steinsapir, Dohrmann & Krepack, Robert M. Dohrmann, Reich, Adell, Crost & Perry, Hirsch Adell, Geffner & Satzman, Leo Geffner, Lemaire, Faunce & Katznelsen, Edward L. Faunce, James R. Tweedy, Raymond L. Hansen, Bodle, Fogel, Julber, Reinhardt, Rothschild & Feldman, Stephen Reinhardt, Loren R. Rothschild, Lester G. Ostrov, James L. Marable, Charles P. Scully and Donald C. Carroll as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

Stephen Warren Solomon, Ralph B. Saltsman, Troy C. Lee, Jr., and Emanuel Cowitt as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners in Nos. S.F. 23902, S.F. 23903 and L.A. 31002.

Stanley K. Jacobs, Martin J. Thompson and Memel, Jacobs, Pierno & Gersh as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner in No. L.A. 31002.

James P. Botz, County Counsel, John H. Larson, County Counsel, Steven L. Houston, Deputy County Counsel, Selby Brown, Jr., County Counsel, Steven Woodside, Deputy County Counsel, Iver E. Skjeie, County Counsel, Paul R. DeLay, Deputy County Counsel, Robert W. Parkin, City Attorney, John R. Calhoun, Assistant City Attorney, Blanche Deight, Deputy City Attorney, Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Richard D. Martland, Jeffrey J Fuller and Susan P. Underwood, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent and for Real Party in Interest.

Burt Pines, City Attorney (Los Angeles), John B. Rice, Assistant City Attorney, Marie Corlett Blits, Clinton L. Burch and Shelly I. Rosenfield, Deputy City Attorneys, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

Don Erik Franzen and Hertzberg, Kaplan & Koslow as Amici Curiae.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

On June 6, 1978, an initiative measure was passed by the electorate adding article XIIIA to the California Constitution. The provision, designated on the ballot as Proposition 13, placed significant limitations upon the taxing power of local and state government; the amount of revenue which local entities could raise by means of property taxes was sharply reduced.1 In order to mitigate...

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