Davies
Davies v. Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Snyder, J.
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PERMANENT INJUNCTION (Dkt. 84)
I.
INTRODUCTION
On February 6, 2014, plaintiffs Reverend Father Ian Elliott Davies, Reverend J. Edwin Bacon, Jr., Shakeel Syed, Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis, Reverend Tera Little, Rabbi John Rosove, Reverend Peter Laarman, David N. Myers, and Rabbi Amy Bernstein (collectively, “plaintiffs”) filed the instant action against defendants Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (“the Board” or “the County”), and County Chief Executive Officer William T. Fujioka (collectively, “defendants”). Dkt. 1 (Complaint). In brief, plaintiffs allege that the Board’s January 7, 2014 motion approving the restoration of a Latin cross to the official County seal by placing the cross atop the seal’s depiction of the San Gabriel Mission violates (1) the No Aid Clause of article XVI, section 5 of the California Constitution; (2) the No Preference Clause of article I, section 4 of the California Constitution; and (3) the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. See Complaint at ¶¶ 9, 38-49.
On September 17, 2015, plaintiffs filed the instant motion for a permanent injunction. Dkt., 84 (“Motion”). 1…