California Court of Appeal

In plaintiff's petition for writ of mandate, challenging the allocation and use of tax revenue collected by the City of Oakland pursuant to Measure Y, an ordinance enacted by the voters to add neighborhood beat officers to the police department, the judgment of the trial court is reversed where: 1) the city did not make an impermissible use of Measure Y funds by indirectly hiring and training new officers to replace veteran officers who were assigned to the neighborhood beat positions added by the ordinance; and 2) the city was required to appropriate funds, but not actually staff the police force, with the minimum number of officers specified by Measure Y.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/10/2010
• Published 12/10/2010

Judges

• Dondero

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David A. Stein, John A. Russo