When the Supreme Court on Monday files its opinion in County of San Diego v. Commission on State Mandates, it will be the first decision since September 17. That gap is normal for this time of year. The case was the only civil case of the five argued on the September calendar. (Briefs here; oral argument video here.)
County of San Diego raises this issue: Did The Sexual Predator Punishment and Control Act (the voter initiative otherwise known as “Jessica’s Law” or Proposition 83), which amended and reenacted provisions of the Sexually Violent Predator Act, a statutory scheme that the Commission on State Mandates had found to include reimbursable state mandates, constitute a “change in the law” sufficient to support the Commission’s decision that some of those mandates were no longer reimbursable by the State of California? Fifth District Court of Appeal Justice Kathleen A. Meehan is the pro tem.
The opinion can be viewed Monday starting at 10:00 a.m.
