Vogel v. County of Los Angeles

— Defendants appeal, in this taxpayer’s action, from a summary judgment enjoining them from expending public funds (Code Civ. Proc., § 526a), for administering or enforcing the second paragraph of the oath required of public employees by section 3 of article XX of the California Constitution. The trial court held that the second paragraph of the oath is invalid, and granted the injunction. We agree with this determination.

Section 3 of article XX of the California Constitution provides :

“Members of the Legislature, and all public officers and *20employees, executive, legislative, and judicial,…