Government,
California Courts of Appeal
Jul. 1, 2020
Santa Monica tentatively wins reversal of voting ruling
A judge erred when she found the city of Santa Monica's at-large voting structure diluted Latino votes and ordered it to adopt a districted voting system, a 2nd District Court of Appeal panel tentatively ruled Tuesday.
A judge erred when she found the city of Santa Monica's at-large voting structure diluted Latino votes and ordered it to adopt a districted voting system, a 2nd District Court of Appeal panel tentatively ruled Tuesday.
"The second point that the tentative gets absolutely correct is that there is no valid proof of dilution here," Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP argued on the city's behalf during a video heari...
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