PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE v. BONTA

No. 22-15323.

73 F.4th 1118 (2023)

PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, a Democratic Club Chartered By the Santa Clara County Democratic Party; Krista Henneman; Carlie Ware, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Rob BONTA, in his official capacity as Attorney General for the State of California, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 19, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Gerstein (argued), Gerstein Harrow LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jason S. Harrow , Equal Citizens, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Keith L. Wurster (argued), Deputy Attorney General; Mark Beckington , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Thomas S. Patterson , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Rob Bonta , Attorney General of California; Office of the California Attorney General; Sacramento, California; for Defendant-Appellee.

Concurrence by Judge Ikuta.


OPINION

Under California law, local government employees may not solicit political contributions from their coworkers, but state government employees may. A political organization and two of the organization's officers challenged the statute responsible for this distinction, California Government Code § 3205...

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