Seven years ago, California’s Supreme Court declared broad support for the historic right of voters to make law through the initiative process.Ruling in a case dubbed “Upland,” the court said that while governments are subject to voter-approved constitutional restraints on raising taxes, tax increases proposed via initiative need only simple majority votes for enactment. But the decision embraced much […]
Seven years ago, California’s Supreme Court declared broad support for the historic right of voters to make law through the initiative process.Ruling in a case dubbed “Upland,” the court said that while governments are subject to voter-approved constitutional restraints on raising taxes, tax increases proposed via initiative need only simple majority votes for enactment. But the decision embraced much […]
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CalMatters Commentary - Decisions on the two pending cases will reveal whether the court continues to endorse fairly unfettered use of the process, as it did in the Upland case,