White

Anne M. Giese, Daniel S. Connolly, Sacramento, and Michael D. Hersh, Santa Fe Springs, for Interveners and Appellants Gary Gavinski and California State Employees Association, Local 1000, SEIU, AFL-CIO, CLC.

Dennis F. Moss for Interveners and Appellants Professional Engineers in California Government and California Association of Professional Scientists.

Joel H. Levinson, West Sacramento, for Intervener and Appellant California Correctional Peace Officers Association.

Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, Gary M. Messing, and Cathleen A. Williams, Sacramento, for Intervener and Appellant California Union of Safety Employees.

Bion M. Gregory, Richard Thomson; Eisen & Johnston Law Corporation and Marian M. Johnston, Sacramento, for Defendants and Respondents Bill Lockyer, Cruz M. Bustamante, Rob Hurtt, and Curt Pringle.

CURRY, J.

The two actions underlying the consolidated appeals before us arise from the state budget impasses in 1997 and 1998. In the first action, Steven White sought declaratory and injunctive relief regarding the conduct of several state officials during the budget impasse in 1997, and demurrers to the individual's first amended complaint were sustained without…