Berman v. Kroger

This ballot title review proceeding brought under ORS 250.085(2) concerns the Attorney General’s certified ballot title for Initiative Petition 55 (2010). The proposed measure provides:

“Section 1. Throughout most of Oregon’s History, the state was responsible for incarcerating felony criminals, and each county was responsible for incarcerating misdemeanor criminals. County jails were for misdemeanants, and state prisons were for felons. In recent years, the state has forced counties to incarcerate many convicted felons, imposing significant costs on the counties. In order to correct this…