TODAY'S FRESH START, INC. v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION

No. S195852.

57 Cal.4th 197 (2013)

159 Cal. Rptr. 3d 358

303 P.3d 1140

TODAY'S FRESH START, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION et al., Defendants and Appellants. TODAY'S FRESH START, INC., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

July 11, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vibiana M. Andrade , Sung Yon Lee ; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Timothy T. Coates and Alison M. Turner for Defendants and Appellants and for Defendants and Respondents.

Best Best and Krieger, Dina Harris and Megan M. Moore for Riverside County Office of Education and San Diego County Office of Education as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants and Defendants and Respondents.

David Holmquist and Devora Navera Reed for Los Angeles Unified School District as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants and Defendants and Respondents.

Dannis Woliver Kelley , Sue Ann Salmon Evans and William B. Tunick for Education Legal Alliance of the California School Boards Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants and Defendants and Respondents.

Doll Amir & Eley, Michael M. Amir , Mary Tesh Glarum , Lloyd Vu and Hemmy So for Plaintiff and Respondent and for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Deborah J. La Fetra , Damien M. Schiff and Joshua P. Thompson for Pacific Legal Foundation and Options for Youth as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent and Plaintiff and Appellant.

Ricardo J. Soto , Phillipa L. Altmann , Julie Ashby Umansky ; McKenna Long & Aldridge and Charles A. Bird for California Charter Schools Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent and Plaintiff and Appellant.

Amy Bisson Holloway , Edmundo R. Aguilar and Todd M. Smith for California State Board of Education, California Department of Education and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson as Amici Curiae.


OPINION

WERDEGAR, J.

Two decades ago, California became one of the first states in the country to authorize charter schools — public schools funded with public money but run by private individuals or entities rather than traditional public school districts. The Charter Schools Act of 1992 (Ed. Code, § 47600 et seq., added by Stats. 1992, ch. 781, § 1, pp. 3756-3761) authorized various public...

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