Proposition Summary

UNIFYING SUPERIOR, MUNICIPAL, AND JUSTICE COURTS. LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Provides Legislature may authorize a county to unify municipal and justice courts within superior court upon approval by majority vote of county electors. Upon unification, provides for municipal and, unless Legislature provides otherwise, justice court judges to become superior court judges; authorizes Legislature to provide powers and duties of former municipal and justice court judges during balance of terms; requires Legislature to prescribe number and compensation of judges and court enforcement officers and provide for clerk, other officers, and employees; establishes original and appellate jurisdiction of superior court; specifies other matters. Summary of Legislative Analyst's estimate of net state and local government fiscal impact: No impact until implemented by legislation and approval vote in county. When implemented, depending on legislative action, there would be state and/or county increased salary and retirement costs due to higher salaries of judges elevated. There could be unknown administrative costs or savings, depending on implementation. Fiscal impact could vary substantially from county to county.

Proposition Number

10

Year

1982

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Fail

Legislative Vote Results

Assembly - Ayes, 69; Noes, 0 -- Senate - Ayes, 28; Noes, 4

Popular Vote Results

Y: 2314700; A: 34.7; N: 4362767; B: 65.3

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Assembly Constitutional Amendment

For Author

Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, Formerly Governor and Attorney General State of California; Omer L. Rains, State Senator, 18th District Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee; G. Dennis Adams, Judge, Superior Court of San Diego County

Against Author

John G. Schmitz, State Senator, 36th District; Steve White, Executive Director California District Attorneys Association; Thomas H. Ault, President, San Diego County Bar Association

Rebuttal Author

Anthony Murray, President, State Bar of California; Edwin L. Miller, Jr., District Attorney, County of San Diego; Peter Meyer, President, County Clerks Association of California, Inc.

Rebuttal Against Author

Omer L. Rains, State Senator, 18th District Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee; Larry Stirling, Member of the Assembly, 77th District Member, Assembly Judiciary Committee; John Gardenal, President, California Trial Lawyers Association

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