Legal Opinion
Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union v. Davis
California Supreme Court
Decided August 23, 1999No. S074850, S074851PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WERDEGAR, J.
In 1984, the people of California amended our Constitution to state a fundamental public policy against the legalization in California of casino gambling of the sort then associated with Las Vegas and Atlantic City: “The Legislature has no power to authorize, and shall prohibit casinos of the type currently operating in Nevada and New Jersey.” (Cal. Const., art. IV, § 19, subd. (e), added by initiative, Gen. Elec. (Nov. 6, 1984).)
In 1998, at the November 3 General Election, the people approved a proposed initiative statute designated on the ballot as Proposition 5—“The…
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