MARISCAL v. LOS ANGELES CITY EMPLOYEE RELATIONS BOARD
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1698443-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> <html ><br /> <head><br /> <title>MARISCAL v</title><br /> </head><br /> <body><br /> <div><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b >MARISCAL v. </b><b<br /> >LOS</b><b<br /> > </b><b<br /> >ANGELES</b><b<br /> > </b><b<br /> >CITY</b><b<br /> > EMPLOYEE<br /> RELATIONS BOARD</b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Filed 7/23/10;<br /> part. pub. order 8/5/10<br /> (see end of opn.)<br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b<br /> > </b><br /> <br/><b<br /> > </b><br /> <br/><b<br /> > </b><br /> <br/>IN<br /> THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA<br /> <br/>SECOND<br /> APPELLATE DISTRICT<br /> <br/>DIVISION<br /> TWO<br /> <br/> <br /> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0<br /> ><br /> <tr ><br /> <td width=319 valign=top ><br /> <br/>DAN MARISCAL,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Plaintiff and Appellant,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> v.<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>LOS ANGELES<br /> CITY EMPLOYEE RELATIONS BOARD,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Defendant;<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 721,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Real Party in Interest and<br /> Respondent.<br /> <br/> <br /> </td><br /> <td width=319 valign=top ><br /> <br/> No. B218133<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> (Los Angeles County<br /> <br/> Super. Ct.<br /> BS116416)<br /> </td><br /> </tr><br /> </table><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> APPEAL<br /> from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles<br /> County. David Yaffe,<br /> Judge. Affirmed.<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> Dan<br /> Mariscal, in pro. per., for Plaintiff and Appellant.<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> No<br /> appearance on behalf of Defendant.<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> Weinberg,<br /> Roger & Rosenfeld, James Rutkowski and Alan Crowley; Robert Hunt, General<br /> Counsel SEIU Local 721, for Real Party in Interest and Respondent.<br /> <br/> Plaintiff and appellant Dan Mariscal<br /> (Mariscal) appeals from the trial court's denial of his petition for writ of mandate challenging an<br /> administrative decision rendered by defendant Employee Relations Board (ERB)<br /> for the City of Los Angeles (City) recognizing real party in interest and<br /> respondent Service Employees International Union Local 721 (Local 721) as the<br /> exclusive bargaining representative for certain City employees. We affirm the judgment.<br /> <br/><b<br /> >BACKGROUND</b><br /> <br/><b > </b>Mariscal is a City<br /> employee and a member of the Service Employees International Union Local 347<br /> (Local 347), the former exclusive bargaining representative for approximately<br /> 9,000 City employees. The Service<br /> Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, CFC (SEIU) is an international union<br /> comprised of local unions chartered by it to represent workers in various labor<br /> relations matters. Local 347 was<br /> chartered by the SEIU in 1962. Local 721<br /> was chartered by the SEIU in January 2007.<br /> <br/> In<br /> January 2006, the SEIU sent notice to its local unions in California<br /> that it would conduct hearings to consider restructuring and consolidating<br /> numerous local unions, including local unions whose membership consisted<br /> primarily of local or state government workers. <br /> Hearings on the proposed restructuring and consolidation of the local<br /> unions were held throughout the state from February 2006 through April 2006<br /> before two hearing officers appointed by the SEIU executive committee. Two hearing days in Los<br /> Angeles were devoted to the local and state government<br /> worker unions. Affected local union<br /> members were given the opportunity to be heard during the hearings and to<br /> submit any documents they wished to have considered by the hearing<br /> officers. Some members of Local 347<br /> spoke in opposition to the merger, but the executive board for Local 347 did<br /> not take a formal position on the proposed merger before or during the<br /> hearings. At the conclusion of the<br /> hearings, the hearing officers submitted a report recommending that Local 347<br /> be combined with Locals 535, 620, 660, 998, and 1997 to form a new regional<br /> local union, Local 721, that would represent local government workers in<br /> several counties.<br /> <br/> In<br /> June 2006, the SEIU international executive board (IEB) adopted the hearing<br /> officers' report and recommendations. <br /> SEIU's international president, Andrew Stern (Stern), provided the<br /> affected local unions with a summary that included the recommended<br /> reorganization of Local 347 into a larger regional local union. The IEB also adopted an official policy on<br /> implementation that stated: â€