April 21, 2006

"Rosemead recall has new legal life"

"An effort to recall Mayor Gary Taylor and Councilman Jay Imperial could be revived because a court decision Thursday undermines Imperial's legal challenge to the recall petition against him.

Chief Judge Mary Schroeder of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the case of Padilla v. Lever to be heard by a panel of 11 judges.

In Padilla v. Lever, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit appeals court ruled last September that recall petitions circulated only in English violate the voting rights act.

The Padilla v. Lever case was used in December by Imperial to overturn the recall petition against him since it was circulated only in English. Imperial won that case in California District Court with Judge Gary R. Klausner presiding. According to the Census, 80 percent of Rosemead residents speak a language other than English at home."

The article is here.

Posted by Randy Riddle at April 21, 2006 07:09 AM