Government
Aug. 25, 2023
State high court remands Santa Monica voting case
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled that the appellate court used the wrong standard to decide the case involving minority voting rights.
Reversing a 2nd District Court of Appeal decision, the state Supreme Court on Thursday revived a lawsuit by a neighborhood association that challenged at-large elections in the city of Santa Monica as a violation of the California Voting Rights Act of 2001.
Justice Kelli M. Evans, an appointee of Gov. Gavin Newsom who wrote for a unanimous court, ruled that the appellate court used the wrong standard to decide the case — involving minority...
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