Californians for an Open Primary v. McPherson

Filed 5/25/06

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIANS FOR AN OPEN                        )

PRIMARY et al.,                        )

                                                )

                        Petitioners,                        )

                                                )                        S126780

                        v.                        )

                                                )

BRUCE McPHERSON,                        )                         Ct. App. 3 C047231

as Secretary of State, etc.,                        )

                                                )

                        Respondent;                        )

                                                )

cALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE,                        )

                                                )

                        Real Party in Interest.                        )

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Story Continued from Part V ………..

CONCURRING OPINION BY WERDEGAR, J.

I concur in the judgment remanding the matter to the Court of Appeal with directions to discharge the alternative writ and to deny the request that a peremptory writ issue to invalidate Propositions 60 and 60A.  I write separately to express my views concerning the propriety of addressing the validity of the bifurcated propositions postelection.  As I shall explain, I believe the question of the validity of the enacted measures is moot, either because the Legislature's violation of California Constitution article XIII, section 1 was a procedural irregularity only or, if a substantive violation, this court has before it no pleading requesting declaratory relief.

I.  Procedural irregularity

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