Legal Opinion
Opinion No. (2000)
California Attorney General Reports
Decided June 9, 2000Published
1Opinion of the Court
BILL LOCKYER Attorney General CLAYTON P. ROCHE Deputy Attorney General
THE HONORABLE ADAM B. SCHIFF, MEMBER OF THE STATE SENATE, has requested an opinion on the following question:
Where a city charter requires city initiative petitions to be submitted in a form that complies with state law, may the city clerk reject a petition that does not contain a notice of intent with the name or names of the proponents of the initiative?
CONCLUSION
Where a city charter requires city initiative petitions to be submitted in a form that complies with state law, the city clerk is required to reject a petition…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Blotter v. FarrellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
- Clark v. JordanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1936
- Chase v. BrooksCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1986
- San Francisco Forty-Niners v. NishiokaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1999
- Mervyn's v. ReyesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1998
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