Cal Matters
California’s largest law enforcement union is urging voters to oust a state Supreme Court justice who it argues is moving to reopen criminal cases that it believes should stay closed.
The messaging in the Peace Officers Research Association of California’s campaign against Justice Kelli Evans echoes the only time in state history that voters booted California Supreme Court justices in a retention election. That happened in 1986 when voters swept out three justices over their rulings in death penalty cases. All three were appointed by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, who was philosophically opposed to the death penalty but did not take an official action to overturn it.
PORAC leaders acknowledge that this effort likely will not persuade enough voters to reject Evans, who Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed to the court in 2022. She is on the ballot for a retention election that would allow her to serve a 12-year-term.
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