Californians for Fair Representation—No on 77 v. Superior Court

Just prior to the special election of November 8, 2005, petitioners Californians for Fair Representation—No on 77 (hereafter CFR—No on 77) and Theresa Faye Jang-Hefner (collectively, petitioners) petitioned this court for a peremptory writ of mandate, prohibition or other extraordinary relief. They sought to compel respondent the Superior Court of Sacramento County to vacate its order denying a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to require real parties in interest, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor Schwarzenegger’s California Recovery Team (hereafter CRT), Redistrict California—Yes on 77 (hereafter Redistrict—Yes on 77) and Steve Poizner (collectively, real parties in interest), to comply with 24-hour disclosure requirements for contributions and independent expenditures imposed by the Political Reform Act of 1974 (PRA) (Gov. Code, § 81000 et seq.).

After real parties in interest voluntarily complied with the disclosure requirements, this court issued an alternative writ of mandate on November 4, 2005, but denied the request for immediate relief as moot. Petitioners contend real parties in interest’s initial refusal to report as contributions…