Geary

ORDER PARTIALLY GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DIRECTING ENTRY OF FINAL JUDGMENT

Plaintiffs in this case are 10 registered voters of the City and County of San Francisco, and organization of registered voters of said city, and an officer of said organization. Plaintiffs Bob Geary, Robert Silvestri, Dennis Mark, Max Woods, and Terence Faulkner are all members of Democratic or Republican county central committees. Plaintiff Faulkner is Chairman of the San Francisco Republican County Central Committee.

Defendants herein are the City and County of San Francisco, and some officials of said city and county, including the registrar of voters.

In their Third Cause of Action, plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of California Constitution, Article II, Section 6(b), which prohibits political parties, and their central committees, from endorsing, supporting, or opposing candidates in local, school, and judicial elections. Plaintiffs claim — and defendants admit — that defendants refuse to permit political party and political party central committee endorsements of candidates for such offices to be printed in the San Francisco voter’s pamphlet on account of said…