League of Women Voters v. Countywide Criminal Justice Coordination Committee

[532]

Opinion

SPENCER, P. J.

Introduction

Plaintiffs League of Women Voters of California, Gerald Uelman and Richard Floyd appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of defendants.

Procedural Background

The parties submitted their respective motions for summary adjudication primarily on stipulated facts and exhibits, although defendants submitted some additional evidence in the form of declarations. The trial court denied plaintiffs’ motion in its entirety and granted defendants’ motion as it related to six issues alleged to pose no triable issues of material fact; the trial court determined there were no triable questions of material fact, adjudged these issues to be without substantial controversy and deemed them established. As to two other issues, the trial court denied defendants’ motion.

Thereafter, the parties stipulated the court’s ruling of December 1, 1986, and its order of December 11, 1986, specifying certain issues without substantial controversy should be entered as a final judgment in the matter. They further stipulated there was no triable issue of material fact as to the specific provisions contained in a proposed judgment and, as to those issues the court had designated as questions of material fact, no additional evidence would be presented unless the judgment was reversed in part or in whole on appeal. In accordance with this stipulation, the trial court entered judgment on July 29, 1987.

Statement of Facts

On March 7, 1981, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors established the Countywide Criminal Justice Coordination Committee (CCJCC). CCJCC was comprised of the chairman of the board of supervisors, acting as ex officio committee chairman; the Los Angeles County sheriff, district attorney, public defender, chief administrative officer, director of community development, superintendent of schools, director of data processing and clerk; the mayor, city attorney, chief administrative officer, president of the city council and Chief of Police of the City of Los Angeles; the presiding judge and supervising judges of the criminal and juvenile divisions of the Los Angeles County Superior Court; the chairmen of the Municipal Courts