Well, and the ball is officially in the Governor (Once and Future) Jerry Brown’s court. In a brief, one sentence ruling, the California Supreme Court (well, actually some appellate justices sitting in for the Supreme Court), left the stay from the lower court in place.
“The petition for writ of mandate and request for immediate relief from stay are denied.” (Document here
So, Governor Schwarzenegger will now have to see how Jerry Brown feels about this particular gimmick. It is worth pointing out that Brown refused to defend these sales, take of that what you will.
Thank God
This was an insider rip off from the word go
What disappoints me is that my ‘progressive’ State Senator, Mark Leno supported this nonsense
How many other Democrats supported this ?
Save California tax payers, Jerry
They said this?
“The petition for writ of mandate and request for immediate relief from stay are denied.”
I could have sworn I heard “no f***ing way”.