TOMRA PACIFIC, INC. v. CHIANG

No. A129401.

199 Cal.App.4th 463 (2011)

TOMRA PACIFIC, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. JOHN CHIANG, as State Controller, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

September 22, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nielsen, Merksamer, Parrinello, Mueller & Naylor, Richard D. Martland , James R. Parrinello , Christopher E. Skinnell , and Kurt R. Oneto for Plaintiffs and Appellants California Chamber of Commerce and Larry Dicke.

Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, Steven L. Mayer ; Garigliano Law Offices and Walter Garigliano for Plaintiffs and Appellants Tomra Pacific, Inc., Jolly Giant Flea Market, Big Foot Recycling, Michael Ray Regan, Daniel Patrick Regan and RB Enterprises Recycling.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Douglas Woods , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Constance L. LeLouis and Daniel J. Powell , Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

SEPULVEDA, J.

At issue is the legality of $519 million in loans between state funds to help balance the state budget during times of fiscal crisis. We conclude that the loans are lawful. The loan provisions, contained in annual budget bills, are germane to the subject of appropriations and thus do not violate the single-subject rule prohibiting legislation having multiple subjects...

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