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DOE v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

Docket Nos. A018441, A018445.

136 Cal.App.3d 509 (1982)

186 Cal. Rptr. 380

JANE DOE et al., Petitioners, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Respondents. GEORGE SORACCO et al., Petitioners, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

October 13, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Jeremiah F. Hallisey, Don B. Kates, Jr., O'Brien & Hallisey, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Noble K. Gregory, Vaughn R. Walker and Robert A. Gordon for Petitioners.

George Agnost, City Attorney, Buck E. Delventhal and Thomas J. Owen, Deputy City Attorneys, William F. McCabe, Jonathan R. Bass, Jacobs, Sills & Coblentz, Dirk M. Schenkkan, Brian E. Gray, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Robertson & Falk, Robert A. Thompson, Annamary E. Gannon, Pettit & Martin and Thomas E. Horn for Respondents.

Natalie E. West, City Attorney (Berkeley), John Belcher, Assistant City Attorney, Louis B. Green City Attorney (Sunnyvale), and Diane M. Lee, City Attorney (Palo Alto), as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

OPINION

WHITE, P.J.

These two petitions challenge the validity of the San Francisco Handgun Ordinance [or Handgun Ordinance], adopted June 28, 1982, and effective July 28, 1982. The main contention is that the State of California has passed laws (Gov. Code, § 53071 and Pen. Code, § 12026) which preempt the field. Handgun control is a volatile issue of great public importance, invoking complex policy considerations. While...

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