In People v. Columbia Research Corp. (1980) 103 Cal.App.3d Supp. 33, the appellate department of the superior court dismissed the People's appeal from judgment of dismissal entered upon a magistrate's ruling sustaining demurrer to a felony complaint on the ground the judgment is nonappealable because a magistrate is not an "inferior court" within the meaning of section 1466, Penal Code which defines appellate department jurisdiction. Nevertheless, the appellate department proceeded to discuss the power of a magistrate to rule on a demurrer to a felony complaint. After deciding that, although a defendant has the right to demur at the time of arraignment and plea before a magistrate, neither the municipal court nor the superior court has jurisdiction to hear the demurrer, the court "decided that the best solution would be a municipal court judge, when confronted with a demurrer to a felony complaint, to refer it to the superior court master calendar judge for assignment to a superior court department." (103 Cal.App.3d Supp. at p. 39.)