Case No. 18C0289
Mary J. Venegas, et. al. v. Holly Andrade Blair
MOTION FOR TRIAL SETTING PRECEDENCE
Grant the Motion for Precedence under California Code of Civil Procedure Section CCP 1062.3(b) and order the January 8, 2019 Case Management Conference in this case advanced to 8:15 a.m. on November 9, 2018 in Department 8.
A controversy is ripe when it has reached the point that the facts have sufficiently congealed to permit an intelligent and useful decision to be made. (Vandermost v  Bowen (2012) 53 Cal.4th 421, 452.)  In this case, the Recall petition has been certified, November 29, 2018 is the deadline to obtain voter signatures (EC §11221), and Petitioner must determine within 30 days from submission of such signatures if there are enough valid signatures.  If a sufficient number of signatures are found, Petitioner certifies the results and submits the certificate of sufficiency to the City Council at its next regular meeting. (EC §11224.) Petitioner claims that under the curren