MENDOZA v. STATE

No. B195835.

57 Cal.Rptr.3d 505 (2007)

149 Cal.App.4th 1034

Rosa MENDOZA et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. STATE of California et al., Defendants and Appellants; Los Angeles Parents Union et al., Intervenors and Appellants.

Court of Appeal of California, Second District, Division Three.

April 17, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Stacy Boulware Eurie and Paul H. Dobson, Assistant Attorneys General, Christopher E. Krueger, Gregory M. Cribbs and Susan K. Leach, Deputy Attorneys General for Defendants and Appellants Arnold Schwarzenegger, as Governor of the State of California, John Chiang, as Controller, and State Board of Education.

Rockard J. Delgadillo, City Attorney, Valerie L. Flores, Heather E. Davis and Harit U. Trivedi for Defendant and Appellant Antonio Villaraigosa, as Mayor of the City of Los Angeles.

Munger, Tolles & Olson, Vilma S. Martinez, Bradley S. Phillips, Daniel P. Collins and Paul J. Watford, Los Angeles, for Intervenors and Appellants.

Los Angeles Unified School District, Kevin S. Reed, Los Angeles, Donald L. Davis and Georgina C. Verdugo for Plaintiff and Respondent Los Angeles Unified School District.

Olson, Hagel & Fishburn, Deborah B. Caplan, N. Eugene Hill, Lance H. Olson, Sacramento, Erin V. Peth; Strumwasser & Woocher, Fredrich D. Woocher, Michael Strumwasser, Santa Monica; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, Gregory Evans, Alisa Schlesinger, Patricia J. Quilizapa and Paul M. Torres, Los Angeles, for Plaintiffs and Respondents (Other than AALA and Diane Watson).

Parker & Covert and Henry R. Kraft, Tustin, for Plaintiff and Respondent AALA.

Diane E. Watson, in pro. per., for Plaintiff and Respondent.


CROSKEY, J.

Mayors in certain large cities around the country have been granted control of the school districts in those cities. Antonio Villaraigosa, the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles (the Mayor), sought similar control over the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) through state legislation. The California Constitution grants to the voters within the LAUSD the right to determine whether their board of education...

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