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COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO v. COMMISSION ON STATE MANDATES

No. S239907.

6 Cal.5th 196 (2018)

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. COMMISSION ON STATE MANDATES, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

November 19, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Montgomery , County Counsel (San Diego), Timothy M. Barry , Chief Deputy County Counsel; Mary C. Wickham , County Counsel (Los Angeles), Sangkee Peter Lee , Deputy County Counsel; Leon J. Page , County Counsel (Orange), Suzanne E. Shoai , Deputy County Counsel; Robyn Truitt Drivon , County Counsel (Sacramento), Krista Castlebary Whitman , Assistant County Counsel; and Jean-Rene Claude Basle , County Counsel (San Bernardino), for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Laura Arnold for California Public Defenders Association and Law Offices of the Public Defender for the County of Riverside as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Jennifer N. Henning for California State Association of Counties and League of California Cities as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra , Attorneys General, Edward C. DuMont , State Solicitor General, Janill L. Richards , Principal Deputy State Solicitor General, Douglas J. Woods and Thomas S. Patterson , Assistant Attorneys General, Kathleen Boergers and Michael J. Mongan , Deputy State Solicitors General, Mark R. Beckington and Kim L. Nguyen , Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents Department of Finance, State Controller and State of California.

Camille Shelton and Matthew B. Jones for Defendant and Respondent Commission on State Mandates.

OPINION

When convicted sex offenders have a diagnosed mental disorder making it likely they would engage in sexually violent behavior if released, they are subject to civil commitment proceedings under the Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVPA; Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.). County governments are...

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