San Francisco Fire Fighters Local 798 v. City and County of San Francisco
Filed 5/18/06
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO FIRE FIGHTERS )
LOCAL 798, )
)
Plaintiff and Appellant, )
) S131818
v. )
) Ct.App. 1/5 A104822
CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN )
FRANCISCO et al., )
) San Francisco County
Defendants and Respondents. ) Super. Ct. No. CPF 03-503025
___________ )
In this case, we consider a provision of the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco that requires disputes between the City and County of San Francisco (the City) and unions representing firefighters and other public safety officers, after bargaining to impasse, to be submitted to binding arbitration. An exception to this binding arbitration requirement is any rule or policy â€