Vermithrax]Sonya, it sounds like there is a big argument on whether or not the AG has standing to intervene. Thoughts?
Standing is just a fancy way of saying that you have something concrete at stake in the litigation. Since this is a California law, and not just a lawsuit targeting how San Diego implements that law, I think California has standing.
The article alluded to the fact that California was previously a defendant. Whether that would affect California's standing, or whether California somehow forfeited its right to intevene is hard to say without knowing the particulars of what was pled in the complaint, and when/how/under what circumstances California was dismissed as a defendant.
This questions relates to standing in civil suits, and an even more complicated questions about the ability for the state to intervene in a post-judgment appeal. It's really outside my expertise, but I'd think that California would have the ability to come in and defend the law. But that's more of a gut-reaction response without any sort of actual experience/knowledge in this area of law.
