Martinez v. Board of Supervisors

Opinion

MOLINARI, P. J.

Appellants, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sonoma (hereinafter “the Board”), and the county clerk of said county, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, appeal from a judgment ordering the issuance of a peremptory writ of mandate commanding the county clerk to refrain from counting or canvassing, or from publishing the count of, the votes that were cast in an election by the voters of Sonoma County as to whether an ordinance should be enacted. The proposed ordinance provided that, upon making a determination that there is a shortage of safe or…