Anderson v. County of Santa Barbara

Opinion

THOMPSON, J.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment disallowing contestants’ challenge to a referendum election approving a county ordinance rezoning coastal property to permit construction of oil and gas facilities. It raises issues of: (1) the applicability of the summary judgment procedure contained in Code of Civil Procedure section 437c to election contests filed pursuant to Elections Code section 20020 et seq.; (2) the constitutionality of Elections Code section 20023 which provides that if an election is contested upon the ground of “malconduct” of a member or members of a…