Brown

The Governor and the Director of the Department of Personnel Administration (Director) appeal from an order and judgment granting a *122 petition for writ of mandate prohibiting defendants from implementing furloughs for employees of the State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund). Defendants argue that the court erred in failing to stay this action under the doctrine of exclusive concurrent jurisdiction and, alternatively, that the court incorrectly determined that Insurance Code 1 section 11873 prohibits the Governor from furloughing State Fund employees. Following remand of this case from the Supreme Court and the change in administration, the parties stipulated to the dismissal of the appeal and issuance of a remittitur affirming the trial court’s judgment as the final judgment in the matter. Because the authority of the Governor to order the furlough of State Fund employees is an issue of continuing public interest, we have declined to dismiss the appeal and shall, in the published portion of this opinion, set forth the reasons for which the trial court correctly concluded that the Governor lacks such authority. 2 In the unpublished portion of the opinion we…