Lots of ground to cover here: three unions, three lawsuits, four court filings and plenty of links to prior State Worker posts for background. Hang on.
CCPOA v. Schwarzenegger
The Schwarzenegger administration filed this brief on Tuesday in response to CCPOA's Nov. 19 filing to San Francisco's 1st District Court of Appeal. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the prison officers' union are battling over an Alameda judge's decision that "self-directed" furloughs are illegal.
The big question with this furlough case and the other two we'll mention is this: Given the California Supreme Court's October furlough decision that the Legislature tacitly approved furloughs through budget legislation, is the lower court litigation still worth considering?
Click here and then here for more background on CCPOA v. Schwarzenegger. Both posts have plenty of history and links to earlier key court documents.
There's no oral argument date set for this case.
SEIU Local 1000 v. Schwarzenegger
On Tuesday, Schwarzenegger's furlough litigator, David Tyra, also filed this response in the "special funds" furlough lawsuit appeal involving SEIU Local 1000.
The local was one of several unions that successfully argued in Alameda Superior Court last year that departments funded with money outside the general fund shouldn't have been subject to furloughs. Schwarzenegger appealed to the 1st District Court, but the case went on ice when the state Supreme Court took up several other furlough cases.
Click here for the latest filing in the case. This link and this one open earlier reports that you can dive into for more background and documents.
There's no date set for oral arguments in this case.
UAPD v. Schwarzenegger
Union of American Physicians and Dentists filed this "special fund" furlough brief with the 1st District Court on Monday. It's a response to Schwarzenegger's Nov. 8 brief, which you can read by clicking here. The governor's side has until Dec. 14 to file its last response.
Like Local 1000, UAPD won its case in Alameda and is arguing that the ruling is still valid.
There's no oral argument date set for this case.
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