Shaw v. People Ex Rel. Chiang

Opinion

CANTIL-SAKAUYE, J.

This case considers the effect on the state budgetary process of a bond initiative measure (Proposition 116) almost two decades after it was approved by voters. Specifically, we consider the legality of the Legislature’s creation of the Mass Transportation Fund, the legality of the Legislature’s transfer of a portion of spillover gas tax revenue to the Mass Transportation Fund and the Legislature’s appropriation of $1.2 billion 1 from the Mass Transportation Fund and the Public Transportation Account for the 2007-2008 budget year in light of Proposition 116.

Josh Shaw,…