Judge Upholds Two-Term Limit for City Council
A Torrance Superior Court judge has upheld Redondo Beach’s two-term limit for City Council members, effectively barring Councilman Ron Cawdrey from appearing on the March 5 ballot.
In a hasty court hearing convened after the city’s deadline for printing sample ballots for the election had passed, Judge William C. Beverly Jr. on Tuesday denied Cawdrey’s lawsuit seeking to overturn the city’s 16-year-old term limitations law.
Cawdrey, who has served as District 5 councilman since 1982, said he was disappointed by the decision but may appeal. The case marked the second legal challenge in two years to term limits in charter cities. A similar case filed against the city of Cerritos in 1989 failed, but it was not appealed. Only appellate court rulings may be cited as legal precedents.
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