The office will begin performing gay marriages Monday, during its normal business hours. The Times incorrectly reported that the clerk-recorder would open its Santa Ana, Fullerton and Laguna Hills offices Saturday to meet high demand. Orange County will be prepared to issue same-sex licenses at its normal business hours: 8 a.
Los Angeles County also plans to begin issuing same-sex marriage licenses during normal business hours Monday. San Francisco and Sacramento kept their county offices open into the evening Friday to accommodate demand from same-sex couples who are now able to wed for the first time since It may be one of the only counties in the state open to process applications over the weekend. The news came in a single, legalistic sentence Friday afternoon from the U. Jerry Brown told county clerks they could begin marrying same-sex couples immediately, launching plans for ceremonies up and down the state.
The two same-sex couples who filed the federal lawsuit against Proposition 8 headed to the city halls in Los Angeles and San Francisco to tie the knot, ending their long fight to become legal spouses.
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Live Stream. Times Store. About Us. Special Supplements. Jessica Hand, in the wedding dress, and her wife, Jenna Melili, enjoy a cruise in San Francisco Bay on Saturday after getting married earlier in the day. Army Sgt. Adrian Coleman, front, dances with Matt Ferrer on Saturday in the United Nations Plaza in downtown San Francisco, where gay rights supporters celebrated the resumption of same-sex weddings in California.
