Cole

The Chula Vista Police Officers’ Association (CVPOA) appeals the judgment of the superior court denying its request for an alternative writ of prohibition/mandate. The CVPOA contends the city, in requiring its members to provide a signed sworn statement or doctor’s certificate as verification of illness for leaves of absence of four days or less, is violating the express provisions of the employment contract.

Statement of Facts

At the time of the hearing all parties concurred with the following:

The CVPOA is an employee organization within the meaning of Government Code section 3500 et seq., and in compliance with section 3508. The City Council of Chula Vista is the legislative body charged under the charter of the city with the responsibility for governing the city and the expenditure of city funds. Lane F. Cole is the duly appointed City Manager of the City of Chula Vista, responsible to the city council for the enforcement of the laws of the state pertaining to the city, the provisions of the charter, and the ordinances of the city.

Six months before the date in question, the city and representatives of the CVPOA were involved in meet and confer sessions…