California Attorneys, Administrative Law Judges & Hearing Officers in State Employment v. Schwarzenegger

SCOTLAND, P. J., Concurring.

This litigation falls under the category of “be careful what you ask for.”

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., as a candidate for Governor in the general election of 1974, “said repeatedly” that he favored the passage of a bill to authorize collective bargaining for state employees, a goal that “[s]weeping victories for labor-endorsed candidates” was “expected to ensure” (Bernstein, Labor Bills’ Chances Improve, L.A. Times (Nov. 8, 1974) p. Cl). Victorious on election day, Governor Brown used his influence the following year to conduct “marathon talks to get a consensus behind a…