The constitutionality of California’s felony forfeiture statute, as applied by the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), survived yet another challenge in September 2023,...more
In a major development impacting all public entities subject to the California Public Records Act (Gov. Code § 6250 et seq., hereafter “CPRA”), on March 2, 2017, the California Supreme Court unanimously held that public...more
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled on a matter involving “perceived affiliation”, bringing clarity to the matter, where the circuits provided discordant rulings. As a result, personnel actions based upon even mistaken...more
10/31/2016
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Demotions ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Freedom of Association ,
Heffernan v City of Paterson ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Mistake of Fact ,
Political Campaigns ,
Political Expression ,
Public Employees ,
Retaliation ,
SCOTUS ,
Summary Judgment
In a March 27, 2015 opinion, the First District Court of Appeal unanimously declared a voter-approved amendment to the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco (City) to be unconstitutional as applied to current City...more