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SENATE BILL 2272 (ROBERTI – 1990)
CHAPTER 908, STATUTES OF 1990 - SB 2272
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Government Code sections 6258 and 6259 were amended in 1990 following legislative passage of Senate Bill 2272 introduced on February 27, 1990 by Senator David Roberti. (See Exhibits #1a and #1b) Senate Bill 2272 proposed to amend only sections 6258 and 6259. (Id.) The California Newspaper Publishers Association was the sponsor of the bill. (See Exhibit #3)
Senate Bill 2272 was assigned to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and the Assembly Committee on Judiciary where policy issues raised by the bill were considered. (See Exhibits #3 and #6) No amendments were made to Senate Bill 2272 during its consideration by the Legislature. (See Exhibits #1 and #2) Subsequent to unanimous legislative approval, Governor George Deukmejian signed Senate Bill 2272 on September 13, 1990, and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on September 14, 1990 as Chapter 908 of the Statutes of 1990. (See Exhibits #1b and #2)
A summary of the bill is found in the Special Consent analysis prepared by the Office of Senate Floor Analyses. (See Exhibit #5) The analysis states:
This bill would, in addition, permit any person to institute proceedings for a writ of mandate to enforce these rights.
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This bill would specify that, upon entry of an order, a party would be required, in order to obtain review of the order, to file a petition within 10 days after service upon him or her of a written notice of entry of the order, or with such further time not exceeding 20 days as the trial court may for good cause allow. …
The bill would prohibit a stay of an order or judgment from being granted unless the petitioning party demonstrates it will otherwise sustain irreparable damage and probable success on the merits.
(See Exhibit #5, pages 1 and 2)