Randol

Memorial Hospitals Assn. v. Randol

Good Law

1995 Cal. App. LEXIS 962·38 Cal. App. 4th 1300·45 Cal. Rptr. 2d 547·95 Daily Journal DAR 13302·95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7785

Court of Appeal of CaliforniaSeptember 28, 1995F021785California4,758 words

Opinion

Vartabedian, J.

The trial court ordered a referendum measure removed from the November 1994 Merced County election ballot. Proponents of the referendum measure appealed and sought a stay in this court to permit the measure to remain on the ballot while the appeal was pending. We denied the stay on August 11, 1994. We now affirm the judgment.

Facts and Procedural History

The underlying facts are undisputed. In 1980, the Legislature enacted the Emergency Medical Services System and Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, Health and Safety Code section 1797 et seq. (the EMS Act). (See Stats. 1980, ch. 1260, § 7, pp. 4261-4277.) Pursuant to the EMS Act, respondent Merced County (County) on January 21, 1981, entered into a joint powers agreement with neighboring counties for the purpose of establishing and operating an emergency medical services system.

Also acting pursuant to the EMS Act, County withdrew from the regional agreement on July 1, 1993, designating its department of public health as County’s emergency medical services agency.

On September 1, 1993, County’s board of supervisors (the Board) requested that another body established under the EMS Act, the Emergency…

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