Maleng v. King County Corrections Guild

This case involves a preelection challenge to a proposed initiative. Specifically, we are asked to determine whether proposed Initiative 18 can direct the King *328County Council to place before the voters a proposal to reduce the size of the council from 13 to 9 members.1 The King County Corrections Guild was granted accelerated review by this court of its appeal from a King County Superior Court order finding the proposed initiative outside the scope of the initiative power under article XI, section 4 of the Washington State Constitution and King County Charter (KCC) article 8, section 800. We…