Sylva v. Board of Supervisors

Opinion

KING, J.

In this case we are called upon to determine whether proponents of a referendum petition collected the requisite number of signatures to suspend the adoption of a county ordinance and force the legislative body to either reconsider the ordinance or submit it to the voters for approval. We are asked by plaintiffs, the proponents of the referendum petition, to interpret the requirement set out in Elections Code section 3753 1 that the petition contain “10 percent of the entire vote cast within the county for all candidates for Governor at the last gubernatorial election” to…