<p><b> </b></p> <br /> <p><b>WIRTH v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA </b><b></b></p> <br /> <p><b> </b></p> <br /> <p align="center"><b>Filed 7/31/06; partial pub. order 8/22/06 (see end of opn.)</b></p> <br /> <p align="center"><b> </b></p> <br /> <p align="center"><b> </b></p> <br /> <p align="center"><b>IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA</b></p> <br /> <p align="center"><b> </b></p> <br /> <p align="center"><b>THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT</b></p> <br /> <p align="center"><b> </b></p> <br /> <p align="center"><b> </b></p> <br /> <p align="center"><b>(Sacramento)</b></p> <br /> <p align="center"><b>----</b></p> <br /> <p align="center"><b> </b></p><br /> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><br /> <tr><br /> <td width="335" valign="top"> <br /> <p>DANIEL J. WIRTH et al.,</p> <br /> <p> Plaintiffs and Appellants,</p> <br /> <p> v.</p> <br /> <p>STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al.,</p> <br /> <p> Defendants and Respondents.</p><br /> </td><br /> <td width="289" valign="top"> <br /> <p align="center">C050065</p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center">(Super. Ct. No. 04CS00440)</p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p><br /> </td><br /> </tr><br /> </table> <br /> <p> Plaintiffs Daniel Wirth and the <a href="http://www.fearnotlaw.com/">California Correctional Supervisors Organization</a> (collectively CCSO) filed a petition for <a href="http://www.fearnotlaw.com/">writ of mandate</a> seeking to compel defendants‑‑the Governor, the <a href="http://www.fearnotlaw.com/">State of California</a> and the Department of Personnel Administration (DPA)‑‑to afford <a href="http://www.mcmillanlaw.us/">salary increases</a> for state correctional supervisors in fiscal year 2003-2004, increases that plaintiffs claimed were mandated by Government Code sections 19849.18 and 19849.22.<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1">^[1]</a> </p> <br /> <p> Section 19849.18 provides that <a href="http://www.fearnotlaw.com/">supervisors of correctional</a> officers shall receive â€