The successful recall of Davis in October was all-but-assured. Indeed, Bustamonte's "no/but vote for me anyway" strategy was in deep trouble, even with the fraud (punch-card) machines ready to manufacture votes at full-tilt. Both Arnold and Tom were making headway on the alleged front-runner. The Dems were unsuccessful in stopping this impending disaster in every venue short of the 9th Circus. They even were set to lose on Prop 54 (the ruling also mentioned Prop 53, but I have no idea of what that is about).
Knowing that their fraud machines were about to be legislated out of existence (they'll be illegal in March just in time for the Presidential primary), they decided to use them one last time in an unconventional method before the one court they could count on; have the ACLU sue in federal court claiming "unequal treatment" of votes from these fraud machines, knowing the case would eventually get to the 9th Circus. The clowns didn't disappoint them, giving them everything they could ever hope for (no recall election or election on Prop 54 this year).
This, if not overturned, puts the recall election and campaign right into heart of an election where DemonRATs and only DemonRATs have a stake in things (there's no Pubbie Presidential primary, you've got the 9-or-so Mental Midgets on the 'RAT side, and there's no state primaries that I know of). Combined with the expected 2 or so months of renewed motor-voter fraud (the illegals can start getting drivers' licenses on January 1), there's no way that the recall or Prop 54 "Yes" gets more than 40% (which would make Bustamonte's plurality of 47% in the second half of the recall election null and void).
According to the opinion, Prop. 53 is a proposed amendment to the California Constitution that would dedicate part of the state budget each year to state and local infrastructures, such as water, highway, and park projects.