Supreme Court of California

In writ petition proceedings concerning California state senate electoral maps, the requested writ of mandate is denied, where: 1) the court concluded that it was authorized to entertain the writ petition and to determine which state senate districts should be used for the 2012 primary and general elections in the event a proposed referendum on those districts qualifies for placement on the ballot and stays the operative effect of the state senate district map certified by the Citizens Redistricting Commission; 2) the court would not issue a writ of mandate commanding the secretary of state to refrain from taking any action implementing the Commission's certified state Senate map, and instead ordered that, if the proposed referendum qualifies for the ballot, the secretary of state and local election officials are to use the state senate map certified by the Commission as interim boundaries for the 2012 primary and general elections, as that map is the alternative most consistent with the constitutional scheme and criteria embodied in the federal and state constitutions.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/27/2012
• Published 01/27/2012

Judges

• Cantil-Sakauye

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk, Kamala D. Harris