Does Section 170.6, subdivision (2) of the Peremptory Challenge Act require counsel to disclose the identity of the assigned judge to counsel before counsel for the moving party learns that the assigning judge has been identified?

Section 170.6, subdivision (2) specifies the time within which a peremptory challenge must be asserted: "If directed to the trial of a cause where there is a master calendar," the peremptory challenge must be presented to the judge supervising the master calender court "not later than the time the cause is assigned for trial." But this provision cannot be interpreted to require the filing of a peremptory challenge motion before counsel for the moving party learns the identity of the assigned judge. (People v. Bonds (1988) 200 Cal.App.3d 1018, 1024, 248 Cal.Rptr. 5; People v. Montalvo (1981) 117 Cal.App.3d 790, 794, 173 Cal.Rptr. 51.)

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