Public meeting and vote set for March 21 on 3 local power plants, though judge denies public entry to March 20 with energy industry representatives and state regulators
By Miriam Raftery
March 18, 2013 (San Diego)— Superior Court Judge Timothy Taylor today denied an injunction sought by Masada Disenhouse, who had asked the court to halt the California Public Utilities Commission from holding a closed-door, invitation-only meeting with energy industry stakeholders at the Scripps Seaside Forum in San Diego on Wednesday, March 20. Read the ruling.
Plaintiff’s attorney Maria Severson, who works with former San Diego City Attorney Mike Attorney, told ECM that an immediate appeal has been filed. She told ECM that the Judge contended he had hoped to see case law to show that he had jurisdiction.
“I told him that my jurisdiction is the California Constitution,” said Severson, who added that article 7, section 3B1 requires that meetings be open and further, section 3B2 states that courts shall construct the statute in furtherance of the people’s rights of access.