Lockyer

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE 

UNITED STATES; CALIFORNIA

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE;

EMPLOYERS GROUP; CALIFORNIA

HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION;

CALIFORNIA MANUFACTURERS AND

TECHNOLOGY ASSN.; CALIFORNIA

ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH FACILITIES;

CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF HOME

& SERVICES FOR THE AGING; BETTEC

CORPORATION; MARKSHERM

CORPORATION; ZILACO INC., ZILACO; No. 03-55166 DEL RIO HEALTHCARE, INC.;  D.C. No.

BEVERLY HEALTH & REHABILITATION CV-02-00377-GLT

SERVICES, INC. dba Beverly Manor Costa Mesa; INTERNEXT GROUP, Plaintiffs-Appellees,

CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION,

AFL-CIO; AMERICAN

FEDERATION OF LABOR AND

CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL

ORGANIZATIONS,

Intervenors-Appellants, v. 

12755 12756 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE v. LOCKYER

BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General,  in his capacity as Attorney General of the State of California;

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES;

FRANK G. VANACORE, as the Chief of the Audit Review and Analysis Section of the California  Department of Health Services; DIANA M. BONTA, R.N., Dr., Ph.D, as the Director of the…