California Supreme Court
Jun. 28, 2023
State high court hears arguments against at-large elections
Santa Monica, despite being just 13.6% Latino, has a majority of Latinos on the city council. Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP noted that the court-ordered adoption of district elections would force one of those council members off.
State Supreme Court justices quizzed attorneys for the city of Santa Monica and a neighborhood group Tuesday in a case to determine whether the city’s at-large election system is permissible under the California Voting Rights Act.
The oral arguments placed the advocates in somewhat unusual positions. An attorney for the city, Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, argued that a victory for the neighborhood group would ...
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