PEOPLE EX REL. SEAL BEACH POLICE v. CITY OF SEAL BEACH

Docket No. L.A. 31831.

36 Cal.3d 591 (1984)

685 P.2d 1145

205 Cal. Rptr. 794

THE PEOPLE ex rel. SEAL BEACH POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CITY OF SEAL BEACH et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

August 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

George Deukmejian and John K. Van de Kamp, Attorneys General, Richard D. Martland, Assistant Attorney General, Henry G. Ullerich, Deputy Attorney General, George W. Shaeffer, Jr., Silver, Kreisler, Goldwasser & Shaeffer and Silver & Kreisler for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

David P. Clishman and Carroll, Burdick & McDonough as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Richards, Watson, Dreyfuss & Gershon, Mitchell E. Abbott, Gregory W. Stepanicich and John W. Holbrook for Defendants and Respondents.

Ira Reiner, City Attorney (Los Angeles), Frederick N. Merkin, Senior Assistant City Attorney, Molly B. Roff, Deputy City Attorney, George Agnost, City Attorney (San Francisco), and Burk E. Delventhal, Deputy City Attorney, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

KAUS, J.

(1a) The issue is whether the city council of a charter city must comply with the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act's (MMBA) (Gov. Code, § 3500 et seq.) "meet-and-confer" requirement (Gov. Code, § 3505) before it proposes an amendment to the city charter concerning the terms and conditions of public employment. We hold that the MMBA requirement must be met.

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