Opinion
S262530
07-17-2020
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA v. PADILLA (ALEX)
Opinion filed: Let a peremptory writ of mandate issue
We grant the Legislature's petition and issue a peremptory writ of mandate as follows:
(i) The Commission is directed to release the first preliminary statewide maps for the congressional, State Senatorial, Assembly, and State Board of Equalization districts for public display and comment no later than November 1, 2021, notwithstanding Government Code section 8253, subdivision (a)(7).
(ii) The Commission is directed to approve and certify the final statewide maps to the Secretary of State by no later than December 15, 2021. If the maps are approved and certified by this date, the Secretary of State shall consider the maps approved and certified consistent with the requirements of article XXI, section 2, subdivision (g) of the California Constitution.
If the federal government transmits the census data to the state later than July 31, 2021, the number of days of additional delay shall be considered to be the “additional federal delay.” In the event additional federal delay occurs, the Commission is directed to release the first preliminary statewide maps by no later than the date following November 1, 2021, that extends the November 1 deadline by the additional federal delay, and to approve and certify the final maps by no later than the date following December 15, 2021, that extends the December 15 deadline by the additional federal delay.
In the event the federal government transmits the census data to the state before July 31, 2021, the Commission should make every effort to expedite its process and release the preliminary and final maps in advance of the deadlines set forth above.
This decision shall be final upon the filing of this opinion. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.490(b)(2)(A); Ng v. Superior Court (1992) 4 Cal.4th 29, 34, fn. 1.)
Majority Opinion by Kruger, J.
-- joined by Cantil-Sakauye, C. J., Chin, Corrigan, Liu, Cuéllar, and Groban, JJ.