City of San Diego v. Public Employment Relations Board (Cal. Court of Appeal, 4th Appellate Dist., Div. 1, Case No. D069630, __ Cal. App. 5th __. Apr. 11, 2017) In a long-anticipated decision, the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division One, ruled that San Diego…
CALIFORNIA CITIES AND COUNTIES FILE AMICUS BRIEF TO SUPPORT NATIONWIDE INJUNCTION AGAINST PRESIDENT'S ATTEMPT TO DEFUND "SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS." The opposition to President Trump's attempt to defund "sanctuary jurisdictions" is expanding. On March 22, 2017, fourteen California cities and counties filed an amicus brief in support…
MORE RESISTANCE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ATTEMPT TO DEFUND SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS City And County Of San Francisco Moves To Enjoin Executive Order. On March 8, 2017, the City and County of San Francisco joined Santa Clara County in seeking a nationwide injunction against President Trump's Executive…
Santa Clara County has moved for a nationwide injunction against President Trump's attempt to withhold federal funding from "sanctuary jurisdictions." The motion is noticed for hearing on April 5, 2017, in the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California, located in San Francisco…
New State Direction On Releasing Information to ICE: "California Values Act" In response to President Trump's Executive Order to cut federal funding to "sanctuary jurisdictions," the "California Values Act," Senate Bill 54, proposes new rules for California cities, counties, and school districts to limit the…
I. INTRODUCTION On Thursday, President Trump made good on his campaign promise to address sanctuary cities. In an Executive Order he directed the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensure that jurisdictions that refuse to comply with 8 U.S.C. 1373 (sanctuary jurisdictions) are…
On January 19, 2017, the City of San Gabriel filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case known as Flores v. City of San Gabriel. The petition seeks to reverse the decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of…
San Joaquin County Correctional Officers' Association v. County of San Joaquin (Dec. 20, 2016) Cal. Court of Appeal, 3d Appellate Dist., Case No. C079413, __ Cal. App. 5th The Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) contains language that permits a County employer to…
Cal Fire Local 2881 et al. v. California Public Employees' Retirement System, et al. (December 30, 2016), California Court of Appeal, First Appellate Division, Division Three, Case No. A142793 . In the coming year, the California Supreme Court is poised to reexamine California's controversial "vested…
Following up on last week's Part I, please find below Part II of our Annual Update of new bills likely to impact California public agencies with regard to labor and employment issues. Most of these laws will take effect on January 1, 2017. For more…