California Court of Appeal
Santa Barbara County Coalition Against Auto. Subsidies v. Santa Barbara County Ass'ns of Gov'ts., B209525
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In an election matter in which defendant-county entity formulated a plan and proposed transportation-related ballot measure, grant of defendant's special motion to strike plaintiff-organization's complaint for unlawful advocating and spending of public funds for passage of the ballot measure is affirmed over claims of error that: 1) defendant was not protected by the anti-SLAPP statute because defendant did not have a constitutional right of free speech to engage in partisan electoral advocacy; and 2) defendant did not have a constitutional or statutory right to expend public funds for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election.
Appellate Information
- Decided 10/27/2008
- Published 10/27/2008
Judges
- PERREN, J.
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Eugene S. Wilson, Santa Rosa, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Dennis Marshall, County Counsel, Kevin E. Ready, Sr., Senior Deputy County Counsel, Jordan Sheinbaum, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent.