Politics & Government

Court of Appeal Sends Measure 2P Back to Superior Court

The Superior Court judge who ruled Measure 2P invalid will now need to issue a new ruling on the validity of the initiative, which was approved by voters in March.

The 2nd District Appellate Court dismissed a petition Wednesday to review a Los Angeles County Superior Court’s January ruling that Measure 2P is invalid.

Backed by G&L Realty and local businesswoman Marcia Caden, would require the city to offer two hours of free parking in five Beverly Hills parking structures that now offer only one hour of free parking. The initiative was  with 62 percent of the vote.

The Court of Appeal denied a request to review Caden vs. Superior Court of Los Angeles County because the by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ann Jones dealt with the issue of whether or not the measure should be placed on the March ballot, a ruling that is moot at this point as after the Court of Appeal issued a temporary stay of the Superior Court’s ruling.

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The Court of Appeal, which revisited the case Wednesday after a request to do so by 2P supporters, dissolved the stay it had issued. The court sent the matter back to Jones so that she can issue a new order regarding 2P now that her decision to keep it off the ballot is no longer relevant. 

In her January decision on the matter, Jones had struck down Measure 2P, calling it “impermissibly vague and clearly invalid.”

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