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PICO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSN. v. CITY OF SANTA MONICA

No. B295935.

51 Cal.App.5th 1002 (2020)

PICO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. CITY OF SANTA MONICA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Eight.

July 9, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lane Dilg , City Attorney, George Cardona , Special Counsel; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. , Marcellus A. McRae , Kahn A. Scolnick , Tiaunia N. Henry and Daniel R. Adler for Defendant and Appellant.

Cole Huber and Derek P. Cole for League of California Cities and California Special Districts Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Strumwasser & Woocher, Bryce A. Gee and Caroline C. Chiappetti for The Santa Monica Transparency Project as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Shenkman & Hughes, Kevin I. Shenkman , Mary R. Hughes , Andrea A. Alarcon ; Law Office of Robert Rubin, Robert Rubin ; Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian & Ho, Morris J. Baller , Laura L. Ho , Anne P. Bellows , Ginger L. Grimes ; Parris Law Firm, R. Rex Parris , Ellery S. Gordon ; Law Offices of Milton C. Grimes, Milton Grimes ; Schonbrun Seplow Harris & Hoffman, Paul Hoffman and John Washington for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Panish Shea & Boyle and Brian Panish for Richard Polanco, Sergio Farias, Juan Carrillo, Richard Loa and Austin Bishop as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Hogan Lovells US, Ira M. Feinberg , Zach Martinez , Patrick C. Hynds and Joseph M. Charlet for FairVote as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.

OPINION

A neighborhood organization and a resident sued the City of Santa Monica, which uses at-large voting to elect its city council. The plaintiffs claimed this system discriminated against Latinos, which is the term all parties use. After a bench trial, the trial court agreed and ordered the city to switch to district...

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