Elliott v. Maland CA4/1
Briggs ran against incumbent City Attorney Mara W. Elliott in the 2020 general election. On August 7, 2020, months before the November 3d general election, Elliott filed a petition for a writ of mandate, naming the San Diego City Clerk and the San Diego County Registrar of Voters as respondents but Briggs as the real party in interest and defendant. The petition was aimed at two alleged wrongs. First, Briggs listed his profession as “ATTORNEY/TAXPAYER ADVOCATE” in his ballot designation, which Elliott claimed was “false, misleading, or inconsistent with the provisions of law.” Second, Elliott claimed Briggs’s statement of economic interests (Form 700) inaccurately listed three public entities as his sources of income. The first three causes of action in the petition were focused on the former alleged wrong while the last three causes of action concerned the latter.
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