SAN FRANCISCO FIRE v. SAN FRANCISCO

No. S131818.

42 Cal.Rptr.3d 868 (2006)

38 Cal.4th 653

133 P.3d 1028

SAN FRANCISCO FIRE FIGHTERS LOCAL 798, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

May 18, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCarthy, Johnson & Miller, Diane Sidd-Champion, Daniela I. Kraiem, San Francisco, and Raphael Shannon for Plaintiff and Appellant.

John R. Tennant, Jr., San Jose, for San Jose Police Officers' Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Woodley & McGillivary and Thomas A. Woodley for International Association of Fire Fighters as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Wylie McBride Jesinger Platten & Renner and Christopher E. Platten, San Jose, for California Professional Firefighters as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld, Vincent A. Harrington and M. Suzanne Murphy, Oakland, for San Francisco Police Officers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Dennis J. Herrera, City Attorney, Wayne K. Snodgrass, Burke E. Delventhal, Molly S. Stamp and Linda M. Ross, Deputy City Attorneys, for Defendant and Respondent.

Alisa R. Fong and Jennifer B. Henning for League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


MORENO, J.

In this case, we consider a provision of the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco that requires disputes between the City and County of San Francisco (the City) and unions representing firefighters and other public safety officers, after bargaining to impasse, to be submitted to binding arbitration. An exception to this binding arbitration requirement...

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