Skelly Estate Co. v. City & County of San Francisco

EDMONDS, J., Dissenting.

I cannot agree with the conclusions reached by my associates. By the constitutional amendment in controversy (article XI, section 20), the expenditures of the respondent city and county shall not in any year exceed by more than five per cent its expenditures for the preceding year unless authorized by a vote of the people or “unless previously authorized by the State Board of Equalization in such manner as may be provided by law”. It also provides that “the legislature shall pass all laws necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this section”. Section 3714b of…