BOARD TAKING APPEAL TO STATE.Byline: Eric Leach Staff Writer Ventura County supervisors voted unanimously Monday to appeal to the California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Supreme Court the constitutionality of a controversial law that governs how public safety agencies are funded. The legal dispute has pitted the Ventura County sheriff and district attorney against the Board of Supervisors - which argues the county will go broke if forced to implement the spending increases mandated by a 1995 voter-approved ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been . Since 2001, supervisors have effectively ignored the ordinance by linking spending increases to the Consumer Price Index, not the more generous hikes provided for by the ordinance. The sheriff's department and the district attorney have sued the supervisors over the matter and say that supervisors have diverted di·vert v. di·vert·ed, di·vert·ing, di·verts v.tr. 1. To turn aside from a course or direction: Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident. 2. $50 million from public safety agencies. ``The sheriff's and district attorney's lawsuit lawsuit: see procedure; tort. is inappropriate and wrong and should be dropped,'' said Board of Supervisors Chairman Steve Bennett The name Steve Bennett refers to more than one person:
Supervisors are appealing to the state Supreme Court because they failed to strike down the ordinance at the Superior Court level, where a judge ruled it was constitutional. The legal battle that has been going on more than a year has already cost taxpayers nearly $1 million. Ventura County Sheriff Bob Brooks said he'd be willing to take the issue to voters again to seek a compromise. ``This (ordinance) is based on 57,000 voters signing a petition saying that's what they wanted,'' Brooks said. ``We believe a legal remedy A legal remedy is the means by which a court of law, usually in the exercise of civil law jurisdiction, enforces a right, imposes a penalty, or makes some other court order to impose its will. In Commonwealth common law jurisdictions and related jurisdictions (e.g. is to go to the voters, and that's what we've wanted since Day One. ``If both sides can come together and find a middle ground, we believe voters would support a change to the ordinance.'' County Supervisor Linda Parks For the DC Comics character, see . Linda Park (born July 9, 1978) is a Korean American actress who is best known for her portrayal of communications officer character Hoshi Sato in the television series . said the board had no choice but to challenge the original ordinance, which was adopted by a previous board after they were presented with the petitions in 1995. ``The current formula (for paying sheriff's and district attorney's budget increases from the general fund) will cause the county to go bankrupt BANKRUPT. A person who has done, or suffered some act to be done, which is by law declared an act of bankruptcy; in such case he may be declared a bankrupt. 2. It is proper to notice that there is much difference between a bankrupt and an insolvent. in less than a decade. It can't continue,'' she said. Eric Leach, (805) 583-7602 eric.leach(at)dailynews.com |
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