COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. E030454.

118 Cal.Rptr.2d 854 (2002)

97 Cal.App.4th 1103

COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE et al., Petitioners, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of the County of Riverside, Respondent; Riverside Sheriffs Association, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

Review Granted July 17, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, Steven L. Mayer, Kimberly A. Bliss; William C. Katzenstein, County Counsel, and Robert M. Pepper, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Petitioners.

JoAnne Speers, Sacramento, for League of California Cities' Legal Advocacy Committee Executive Committee as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

John J. Sansone, County Counsel, Diane Bardsley, Special Assistant County Counsel (San Diego), Kathleen Bales Lange, County Counsel, and Teresa M. Saucedo, Deputy County Counsel (Tulare), for Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

Timothy A. Bittle for Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Olins, Foerster & Hayes and Dennis J. Hayes, San Diego, for Real Party in Interest.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Andrea Lynn Hoch, Lead Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Louis R. Mauro, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Christopher E. Krueger, Deputy Attorney General, for Bill Lockyer, Attorney General as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

Silver, Hadden & Silver and Stephen H. Silver, Santa Monica, for Ventura County Deputy Sheriffs' Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

Olson, Hagel, Waters & Fishburn, George Waters, Sacramento, and Thomas E. Gauthier for Peace Officers Research Association of California and California Professional Firefighters as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

RICHLI, J.

The superior court issued an order compelling the County of Riverside (County) to arbitrate unresolved compensation issues as provided by Senate Bill No. 402 (1999-2000 Reg. Sess.) (SB 402). SB 402, which went into effect on January 1, 2001, allows unions representing local public safety employees to demand binding arbitration of economic issues. In its petition for writ of mandate, the...

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