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Every state in the union would have to grant marriage to same-sex couples.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>3)\u003cstrong> States cannot deny the label of marriage once the privileges of marriage are already granted. \u003c/strong>Some states, including California, already have granted the benefits of marriage to same-sex couples through domestic partner or similar legislation. But these states still won't officially recognize same-sex couples as married.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The court could reason that these states already have accepted the legitimacy of same-sex unions, so denying these couples the status of marriage has no purpose except stigmatization. Such stigmatization is unconstitutional. Those states with bans on same-sex marriage and no benefits for same-sex couples could keep these laws in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Exactly how many states would be affected is not clear. Lederman counts California, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon and Rhode Island. But Amar said California's law might have gone farther in granting privileges, so it could take further litigation to sort out exactly which states were affected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I personally don't expect the court to go that route,\" Amar said. \"It punishes states that move toward equality. And it doesn't jibe with the court's other equality rulings.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>4) \u003cstrong>A state that grants same-sex couples all the benefits of marriage and also has previously granted them the right to the official status of marriage can't revoke that right. \u003c/strong>This was the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/02/07/prop-8-appeals-court-decision/\">Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision\u003c/a> on the Prop. 8 case in 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California granted same-sex couples the right to marry in May 2008 when the state Supreme Court struck down Proposition 22, an initiative in 2000 that banned same-sex marriage. In November 2008, Prop. 8 passed, trumping the California Supreme Court decision by putting the ban in the state Constitution. So, same-sex marriage was legal in California for half a year. California is the only state where the privilege existed before being revoked, so the decision would affect only California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's an unlikely basis for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on because it would discourage states from experimenting with equality,\" Amar said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>5) \u003cstrong>The people defending Prop. 8 before the court don't have the right to defend it.\u003c/strong> Normally the governor and attorney general of a state would defend a state law before the U.S. Supreme Court. But in this case, California Gov. Jerry Brown and Attorney General Kamala Harris have declined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, sponsors of the initiative hired their own lawyers to defend it. They claim California law grants them such standing, but there are good \u003ca href=\"http://www.scotusblog.com/?p=15809\">arguments on both sides\u003c/a>, wrote Lederman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the court denies the Prop. 8 defenders' standing, then the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision would be voided, and the case would revert back to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, which struck down Prop. 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision would be a default ruling against the state because it declined to defend Prop. 8 -- sort of like a forfeit when one soccer team doesn't show up for a scheduled match. It might change only the status of the two couples who filed the\u003ca href=\"http://centerforhumanrights.org/perry%20v.%20brown.pdf\"> original lawsuit\u003c/a>, Kristin Perry and Sandra Stier of Berkeley and Paul Katami and Jeffrey Zarrillo of Los Angeles. It is possible that only they would be allowed to marry, but no one else would, said Amar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under that scenario, same-sex marriage advocates would have to file a new class-action lawsuit in which all same-sex couples are plaintiffs, he said. He estimates this would likely proceed through the court in a matter of months, extending the district court's ruling that Prop. 8 is unconstitutional to all same-sex couples in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plaintiffs themselves have argued that other same-sex couples should gain the right to marriage even if the court ruled in this way, because the two couples would be harmed by being \"stigmatized\" if they are the only same-sex couples who can marry, wrote Lederman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A final wild card is the court's separate ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act. \u003c/strong>\"If they reject the DOMA,\" said Amar, \"then — depending on the reasons they give — it's going to be hard to say that states can continue to deny rights to same-sex marriage.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past, the court has generally ruled that federal law trumps state law. 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Public opinion has shifted in favor of same-sex marriage \u003ca href=\"http://www.people-press.org/2013/03/20/growing-support-for-gay-marriage-changed-minds-and-changing-demographics/\">around the country\u003c/a>, and particularly \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/28/california-poll-finds-widespread-support-for-same-sex-marriage/\">in California\u003c/a>. So it's likely that advocates would soon mount initiatives to change the laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2) \u003cstrong>Bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional.\u003c/strong> This ruling would mean that the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibits discrimination against same-sex couples. Every state in the union would have to grant marriage to same-sex couples.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>3)\u003cstrong> States cannot deny the label of marriage once the privileges of marriage are already granted. \u003c/strong>Some states, including California, already have granted the benefits of marriage to same-sex couples through domestic partner or similar legislation. But these states still won't officially recognize same-sex couples as married.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The court could reason that these states already have accepted the legitimacy of same-sex unions, so denying these couples the status of marriage has no purpose except stigmatization. Such stigmatization is unconstitutional. Those states with bans on same-sex marriage and no benefits for same-sex couples could keep these laws in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Exactly how many states would be affected is not clear. Lederman counts California, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon and Rhode Island. But Amar said California's law might have gone farther in granting privileges, so it could take further litigation to sort out exactly which states were affected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I personally don't expect the court to go that route,\" Amar said. \"It punishes states that move toward equality. And it doesn't jibe with the court's other equality rulings.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>4) \u003cstrong>A state that grants same-sex couples all the benefits of marriage and also has previously granted them the right to the official status of marriage can't revoke that right. \u003c/strong>This was the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/02/07/prop-8-appeals-court-decision/\">Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision\u003c/a> on the Prop. 8 case in 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California granted same-sex couples the right to marry in May 2008 when the state Supreme Court struck down Proposition 22, an initiative in 2000 that banned same-sex marriage. In November 2008, Prop. 8 passed, trumping the California Supreme Court decision by putting the ban in the state Constitution. So, same-sex marriage was legal in California for half a year. California is the only state where the privilege existed before being revoked, so the decision would affect only California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's an unlikely basis for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on because it would discourage states from experimenting with equality,\" Amar said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>5) \u003cstrong>The people defending Prop. 8 before the court don't have the right to defend it.\u003c/strong> Normally the governor and attorney general of a state would defend a state law before the U.S. Supreme Court. But in this case, California Gov. Jerry Brown and Attorney General Kamala Harris have declined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, sponsors of the initiative hired their own lawyers to defend it. 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It is possible that only they would be allowed to marry, but no one else would, said Amar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under that scenario, same-sex marriage advocates would have to file a new class-action lawsuit in which all same-sex couples are plaintiffs, he said. 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"content": "\u003cp>On Valentine's Day last month, about a dozen gay and lesbian couples showed up at San Francisco City Hall. They wanted something they knew they couldn't have: A marriage license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_92248\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/25/prop-8-at-the-supreme-court-whats-at-stake/same-sex-couples-appear-at-city-hall-in-protest-to-request-marriage-licenses-on-valentines-day/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-92248\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-92248\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/161705242-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"Same-sex couple Frank Capley (L) and Joe Alfano (R) look on before staging a sit-in protest after same-sex couples were denied marriage licenses from the San Francisco county clerk on Valentine's Day. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Same-sex couple Frank Capley (L) and Joe Alfano (R) look on before staging a sit-in protest at the San Francisco county clerk on Valentine's Day. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The protest, organized by Marriage Equality USA, happens every year. And every year the couples are turned away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thom Watson from Daly City came with his partner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You're really never fully prepared for what it's going to feel like yet again to be turned down for something that you want so badly and that other people take for granted,\" Watson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The right to get that legal document from a county clerk is what Tuesday's U.S. Supreme Court hearing is all about: whether California's Proposition 8 -- a constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union of a man and a woman -- violates equal protection under the law guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Supporters: What's at Stake\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To the sponsors of Prop. 8, like Protect Marriage.com attorney Andrew Pugno, California voters had a good reason for limiting marriage to one man and one woman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We'd be in a very different world if a small minority can choose a new lifestyle,” Pugno said, “and then insist on a constitutional right to have government uphold that choice as an ideal.”\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In briefs filed with the Supreme Court, Pugno's legal team argues the rationale for Prop. 8 is that marriage is the institution that links biological parents with their children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And if the parents are not encouraged to bind themselves together for the benefit of the children,” he said, “then ultimately it's the children that suffer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Opponents: What's at Stake\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But don't tell that to Kris Perry. She and her partner Sandy Stier sued in federal court to have Prop. 8 overturned. Perry is the namesake of the case before the Supreme Court Tuesday – Hollingsworth v. Perry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perry says their children are the exact reason they want to get married.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've been together for more than 13 years,\" Perry said. \"We've raised four boys. There is nothing that would make that more real and permanent than the right to be married.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two federal courts have already ruled that preventing gay and lesbian couples from getting married serves no rational purpose and is based on prejudice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Could Happen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fate of Prop. 8 may hinge on how the justices view the motivations behind banning gay marriage, according to Stanford Law School professor Jane Schacter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"On this fundamental question – what is the government's reason for doing this – if it's no more than prejudice or animosity toward the disadvantaged group, then Prop. 8 is not going to stand,\" Schacter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Prop. 8 is struck down, gay and lesbian couples will be able to get married in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those marriages still won't be recognized by the federal government for things like filing joint taxes, Social Security benefits or inheritance taxes, unless the Supreme Court also strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That issue will be heard Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'Frustrated, Complicated and Galling'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And no one will be watching more carefully San Francisco resident Karen Golinski. She and her partner got married in California when it was legal -- but then she couldn't add her wife to her health plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm tired of my life being so much harder than everybody else's,\" Golinski said. \"I just want it to be the same. I'm not asking for special benefits or special privileges. 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She and her partner Sandy Stier sued in federal court to have Prop. 8 overturned. Perry is the namesake of the case before the Supreme Court Tuesday – Hollingsworth v. Perry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perry says their children are the exact reason they want to get married.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've been together for more than 13 years,\" Perry said. \"We've raised four boys. 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"content": "\u003cp>You can call your city council member because your garbage didn't get picked up, or because your basement is flooding in a storm. But don't ask for help with your parking ticket, let alone a city job. You can get the council member in big trouble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such trouble emerged on Thursday when City Auditor Courtney Ruby issued a report accusing two council members of interfering in city contracts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From Ruby's press release:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_46643\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 225px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/11/09/oakland-city-councilmembers-shouted-down-by-protesters-at-press-conference/cropoccupyprssrreid_110911/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46643\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-46643 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/cropOccupyPrssrReid_110911-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Reporters interview City Council Member Larry Reid\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">City Council Member Larry Reid (Kelly Wilkinson/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Specifically, the audit found two Councilmembers directing staff to work with one contractor (Turner Group Construction) on the Oakland Army Base demolition and remediation contract worth approximately $2 million dollars. Other areas of interference included a Councilmember interfering in the operations of two recreation centers and threatening to have an employee removed from a project, as well as a Council Aide directing staff to fix the Aide’s parking tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The audit confirmed interference at the Rainbow Teen Center by a Councilmember who selected\u003cbr>\ncontractors to provide services, as well as negotiated the agreements and established the\u003cbr>\ncontract terms for the City. Additionally, the Councilmember pressured staff to get a vendor paid immediately, set project deadlines, and hired nine individuals to work at the recreation center. Further, the individuals began working at the recreation center despite their lack of drug and criminal screening – requirements mandated prior to working with children and youth.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter included with the report, Larry Reid, one of the council members in question, denies interfering in the Army Base \"or any other Development Project with in the City of Oakland.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>From my understanding, there was a contract that was awarded to a local firm that was then rescinded, and awarded to a firm that was not local nor considered to be minority owned or women owned. the concerns of many of us was to re-issue a new RFP so that all local firms could compete and that this would level the \"playing field\" for all locally owned firms. At no time did I direct staff to issue any RFP's for any one company located in Oakland, and for the record, this was a discussion that was to be considered for a new RFP process for all local firms.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>No statement from the other councilmember, Desley Brooks, was included in the report, and she could not be reached for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interfering in city contracts is a misdemeanor violation of the city charter, Ruby notes in the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the report:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto;font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;font-size: 14px;line-height: normal\">\u003ca title=\"View Oakland City Auditor Report_130321 on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/131863460/Oakland-City-Auditor-Report-130321\">Oakland City Auditor Report_130321\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.scribd.com/embeds/131863460/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two weeks later Protect Marriage had submitted more than a million signatures for a ballot measure, Proposition 8, to do just that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Race to the Polls\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the months leading up to the November election, same-sex couples rushed to get marriage licenses. Tens of thousands of gay and lesbian couples were legally married in California before Prop. 8 hit the polls in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time Proposition 8 proponents organized and \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R810070850/b\" target=\"_blank\">fundraised\u003c/a>.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_92120\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/22/proposition-8-how-we-got-here/anti-gay-marriage-ballot-initiative-sparks-activism-on-both-sides/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-92120\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-92120 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/RS3698_83424955-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Supporters of Proposition 8 rally during a 'Yes on 8 bus tour' stop at St. Frances X Cabrini Church on October 24, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. 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It’s about right and wrong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proponents of Prop. 8 spent more than $80 million dollars and aired campaigns targeted at scaring parents on the consequences for their children if Prop. 8 failed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On election night, opponents of gay marriage claimed a narrow victory, 52 to 48 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Into the Federal Courts\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the fight didn't end there. Same-sex marriage supporters immediately asked the California Supreme Court to overturn Prop. 8. But, in 2009, the court upheld the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ruling was the end of the road in state court, but it marked the beginning of a new journey through federal court. A male couple from Los Angeles and two lesbians from Berkeley filed a lawsuit against the measure in federal district court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not asking to be tolerated or accepted. What we’re asking for is a basic civil right,” said Paul Katami, one of the plaintiffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two high profile attorneys led the legal team for their case. Theodore Olson, a conservative stalwart, jointed the tean saying: “The case we filed is not about liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican. This case is about the equal rights guaranteed to every American under the United States Constitution.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The battle continued in August of 2010, following a two-week trial in San Francisco, federal Judge Vaughn Walker issues a sweeping decision declaring Prop. 8 unconstitutional. He wrote that preventing gay and lesbian marriages violated equal protection under the law guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case then went to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, where opponents asked for Judge Walker’s decision to be overturned. That didn’t happen. A three-judge panel \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/02/07/prop-8-appeals-court-decision/\" target=\"_blank\">voted 2-1 to uphold it\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Heading to the Supreme Court\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which brings us to Tuesday, when the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/28/california-poll-finds-widespread-support-for-same-sex-marriage/\" target=\"_blank\">recent poll\u003c/a> shows that California voters feel differently now than they did in 2008, by a wide margin, most say that they support same sex marriage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People on both sides of this historic case will be paying close attention on Tuesday, for a chance to witness history. 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"content": "\u003cp>In California's June 2000 primary, 61 percent of the electorate voted \"yes\" on \u003ca href=\"http://primary2000.sos.ca.gov/VoterGuide/Propositions/22text.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 22\u003c/a>, a measure that amended state law to read, \"Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized.\" The state Supreme Court overturned the law in 2008 as discriminatory, opening the way for same-sex couples to get legally married in the state. About 18,000 gay and lesbian couples took advantage of the chance to tie the knot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91707\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/21/prop-8-what-you-need-to-know/supreme-court-decides-whether-of-not-to-review-challenge-of-californias-prop-8-4/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-91707\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-91707\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/RS1372_samesexmarriage20121130-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Same-sex marriage proponent Kat McGuckin of Oaklyn, New Jersey, holds a gay marriage pride flag while standing in front of the Supreme Court November 30, 2012 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Same-sex marriage proponent Kat McGuckin holds a gay marriage pride flag while standing in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in November 2012. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But the door that had been opened to same-sex couples slammed shut in November 2008, when voters passed \u003ca href=\"http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/past/2008/general/title-sum/prop8-title-sum.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 8\u003c/a>. The measure, a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, passed with 52 percent of the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gay-marriage advocates immediately filed challenges with the California Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the case, and in May 2009, the court upheld Prop. 8, another blow against same-sex marriage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>PROP. 8 IN THE FEDERAL COURTS\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taking the cause up the legal chain, gay-marriage advocates then turned to the federal court system. \u003cem>Perry v. Schwarzenegger\u003c/em> (the governor was named the defendant because he was the head of state at the time, although he did not defend the measure) came before U.S. District Court Judge \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/prop8/2010/01/15/who-is-judge-vaughn-walker/\">Vaughn Walker\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walker \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/prop8/2010/08/04/prop-8-overturned-whats-next/\">overturned\u003c/a> Prop. 8 in August 2010, saying that it violated the federal constitutional guarantees of due process and equal protection under the law, garnering a win for same-sex couples.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license,\" Walker wrote in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/assets/pdf/news/prop8ruling080410.pdf\">ruling\u003c/a>. \"Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California Constitution the notion that opposite-sex couples are superior to same-sex couples.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, Walker ruled that same-sex marriages should not resume in California until Prop. 8 supporters had a chance to appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>PROP. 8 BACKERS APPEAL\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/prop8/2010/08/05/prop-8-supporters-file-appeal/\">appeal\u003c/a> got off to a rocky start in September 2010. Schwarzenegger, then-Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado and then-Attorney General Jerry Brown \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/prop8/2010/09/13/is-abel-willing/\">declined to defend\u003c/a> the same-sex marriage ban in court. Imperial County was the only government entity \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/prop8/2010/08/10/imperial-county-files-to-intervene-in-proposition-8-appeals/\">willing to defend\u003c/a> the Prop. 8, though the court soon ruled it didn't have legal standing to intervene in the case. The California Supreme court, however, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/11/17/california-ruling-on-standing-in-prop-8-case-due-at-10-a-m/\">ruled\u003c/a> that Prop. 8's proponents could defend the measure even though state officials declined to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February 2012, the 9th U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/02/07/prop-8-appeals-court-decision/\">upheld\u003c/a> the district court's ruling, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/02/07/read-the-full-prop-8-ruling-and-key-passages/\">calling\u003c/a> Prop. 8 unconstitutional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>PROP. 8 IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the battle has \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/12/07/u-s-supreme-court-announcement-on-proposition-8-californias-gay-marriage-ban/\">reached\u003c/a> the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/26/audio-transcript-of-supreme-court-proposition-8-oral-arguments/\" target=\"_blank\">heard\u003c/a> oral arguments March 26. President Obama has \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/28/obama-argues-against-californias-proposition-8-gay-marriage-ban/\">urged\u003c/a> the Supreme Court to overturn the same-sex marriage ban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/26/proposition-8-oral-arguments-explained/\" target=\"_blank\">Oral arguments\u003c/a> touched on a number of issues: whether or not Prop. 8 proponents have standing to bring the case, how to define marriage, if procreation is connected to marriage, and what the Constitution says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As California takes the issue up to the Supreme Court, other states have blazed their own trail. Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Washington, Vermont and Washington, D.C., allow gays and lesbians to marry. On the other side, 31 states have amended their constitutions to ban same-sex marriage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/06/13/supreme-court-may-have-the-final-word-on-prop-8/\" target=\"_blank\">multiple possible outcomes\u003c/a> of the Prop. 8 case -- none of which will likely settle the issue for good. If the Supreme Court overturns Prop. 8, the decision could overturn all state bans on same-sex marriage—provided the high court says there is a fundamental right to marriage. 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Schwarzenegger, then-Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado and then-Attorney General Jerry Brown \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/prop8/2010/09/13/is-abel-willing/\">declined to defend\u003c/a> the same-sex marriage ban in court. Imperial County was the only government entity \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/prop8/2010/08/10/imperial-county-files-to-intervene-in-proposition-8-appeals/\">willing to defend\u003c/a> the Prop. 8, though the court soon ruled it didn't have legal standing to intervene in the case. The California Supreme court, however, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/11/17/california-ruling-on-standing-in-prop-8-case-due-at-10-a-m/\">ruled\u003c/a> that Prop. 8's proponents could defend the measure even though state officials declined to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February 2012, the 9th U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/02/07/prop-8-appeals-court-decision/\">upheld\u003c/a> the district court's ruling, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/02/07/read-the-full-prop-8-ruling-and-key-passages/\">calling\u003c/a> Prop. 8 unconstitutional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>PROP. 8 IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the battle has \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/12/07/u-s-supreme-court-announcement-on-proposition-8-californias-gay-marriage-ban/\">reached\u003c/a> the U.S. Supreme Court. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Don Thompson, Associated Press\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has spent billions of dollars and endured years of federal lawsuits to improve conditions in its state prisons, but the problems it has been trying to correct are now trickling down to local governments as county jails deal with thousands of additional inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Law firms advocating for inmates' rights have sued or threatened lawsuits against a handful of California counties because of Gov. 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(Monica Lam/Center for Investigative Reporting)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The lawsuits allege the subpar conditions that led to legal actions against the state's prison system — overcrowding, poor medical and dental care, inadequate mental health treatment — are repeating themselves at the county level. They note that jails designed for short-term stays are now being flooded with thousands of new inmates, many of whom are serving long-term sentences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riverside County is the latest to be sued and will be served with the legal papers on Tuesday, attorneys say. Fresno County is trying to negotiate a settlement to a lawsuit filed shortly after Brown's realignment plan took effect in October 2011. Alameda County was sued in November, and Monterey County is expecting to be sued.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was a masterful stroke by Governor Brown to shift all the state's prison problems to county jails,\" Monterey County Sheriff Scott Miller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His jail has become so crowded that he set out to buy triple-stacked bunk beds to handle the flood of inmates. Then a nearby state prison donated surplus beds it had been using when prison crowding there was at its worst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Ironically, the state of California gave us triple bunks they no longer need,\" Miller said. The stacking of inmate beds in state prisons was one of the conditions that persuaded federal judges to order a drastic reduction in the prison population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nick Warner, the California State Sheriffs' Association's legislative director, said counties are concerned they will be exposed to the same liabilities under Brown's so-called realignment plan that the state has spent billions of dollars trying to solve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They had problems before, but realignment makes it worse because people are spending more time in jail,\" said Don Specter, director of the nonprofit Berkeley-based Prison Law Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of February, more than 1,100 inmates serving sentences of five years or more were in jails designed for stays of a year or less, and that number is expected to grow in the years ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Prison Law Office's lawsuit against Riverside County claims that medical care is so poor in its jails that some of its 4,000 inmates go months without seeing a doctor. When they do, the lawsuit contends they receive only cursory medical exams, inadequate follow-up and are rarely referred to specialists even when outside care is clearly needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an example, the suit notes the case of a female inmate who entered the Riverside County Jail with Stage 4 colon cancer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Nobody paid attention to her complaints that the cancer had returned,\" said Sara Norman, the lead attorney filing the lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riverside County Sheriff Stanley Sniff said funding for jail mental health and medical services was cut during the recession but was being restored when Brown's realignment law took effect, flooding the jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inmates who previously would have been sent to state prisons now fill about a quarter of the county's jail beds, forcing the early release of less-serious offenders. 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Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims said she could not discuss conditions because of the settlement talks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monterey County has inadequate facilities and programs for inmates who use wheelchairs, are blind or have other disabilities, or are mentally ill, said Michael Bien, whose San Francisco-based firm is considering a lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legal Services for Prisoners with Children sued Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern last fall over his jail's treatment of disabled inmates, with both sides blaming the increase in disabled prisoners entering the jail since realignment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Unfortunately, you can't just knock down a wall and make handicapped-accessible cells. It takes time,\" said Alameda County Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. J.D. Nelson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To comply with the federal lawsuits, state spending on inmate medical, dental and mental health care has more than doubled over the last decade to a projected $2.3 billion this fiscal year. The state also has spent billions of dollars on new medical facilities and equipment, while the number of prison medical, mental health and dental workers more than doubled over six years, to 12,200 in 2011.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials decided California could not comply with the federal court orders simply by building more prisons, so under Brown's direction decided to sentence lower-level offenders to county jails. Those convicted of crimes that are considered serious, violent or sexual still go to state prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties are receiving about $865 million to help with jail operations under realignment this fiscal year, an amount that is expected to exceed $1 billion next year. Given the number of new inmates, some sheriffs are questioning whether that will be enough, especially if lawsuits force them to spend even more so conditions meet constitutional standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican state Sen. 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