Santa Clara County District Attorney Investigators Ass'n v. County of Santa Clara

The County of Santa Clara, its board of supervisors, personnel board, and director of personnel (hereinafter collectively referred to as County) appeal from that portion of a judgment, entered after trial by court, prohibiting County from including the job classification of district attorney investigator in any representation unit with nonpeace officers. The Santa Clara County District Attorney Investigators Association, J. Nishikawa, Tony Cvetan, and B. P. Blackmore (hereinafter collectively referred to as Association) appeal from that portion of the judgment denying their request that County be required to designate the Santa Clara County District Attorney Investigators Association as a separate recognized employee organization representing the district attorney investigators.

County had created an all county representation unit pursuant to its Ordinance No. NS-300.130 (adopted to implement the MeyersMilias-Brown Act [Gov. Code, §§ 3500-3510]), which included the job classification of district attorney investigator. The “All County Unit” was represented by the Santa Clara County Employees Association and its successor, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO,…