The City of Redondo Beach has filed a lawsuit against the State of California, challenging a law that requires cities to change their election dates to match statewide, even-year elections.
According to the complaint, filed in state court on Feb. 13, the City is petitioning for a writ of mandate prohibiting the State from enforcing Senate Bill 415 against Redondo Beach, arguing that the law either doesn’t apply to charter cities or that the law violates the California State Constitution’s Home Rule provisions.