COUNTY OF SONOMA, Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
COMMISSION ON STATE MANDATES, Defendant and Respondent;
Department of Finance et al., Real Parties in Interest and Appellants;
County of Amador et al., Interveners and Respondents.
Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 21, 2000.
As Modified on Denial of Rehearing December 19, 2000.
Review Denied February 28, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Andrea Lynn Hoch, Supervising Attorney General, Kenneth R. Williams, Supervising Attorney General, Daniel G. Stone, Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Attorneys for Real Parties in Interest and Appellants—State of California, Department of Finance, and Director of Finance.
N. Eugene Hill, Deborah B. Caplan, Lance H. Olson, Olson, Hagel, Leidigh, Waters & Fishburn, Sacramento, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Commission on State Mandates on behalf of Real Parties in Interest and Appellants.
Steven M. Woodside, County Counsel, Kathleen A. Larocque, Deputy County Counsel, Sally B. McGough, Deputy County Counsel, County of Sonoma, Attorneys for Plaintiff and Respondent—County of Sonoma and for Interveners and Respondents—County of Amador et al..
Trevor A. Grimm, Los Angeles, Jonathan M. Coupal, Sacramento, Timothy A. Bittle, for Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, Sacramento, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae—Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.
David W. McMurchie, Vicki E. Hartigan, McMurchie, Weill, Lenahan, Lee & Slater, Sacramento, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae—California Special Districts Association, California Association of Recreation and Park Districts, California Association of Public Cemeteries and Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California.
No appearance for Defendant and Respondent.
Leland C. Dolley, Burke, Williams & Sorensen, Los Angeles, Attorney for Amicus Curiae—95 California Cities.
Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.
MARCHIANO, J.
In response to a budget crisis in 1992, the Legislature reduced the share of property taxes previously allocated to local governments and simultaneously placed an equal amount of property tax revenues into Educational Revenue Augmentation Funds (ERAFs) for distribution to school districts.1 The County of Sonoma (the County) then sought reimbursement pursuant to article XIII B, section 6 of the California Constitution (section...
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