Silicon Valley Taxpayers' Ass'n v. Garner

Opinion

PREMO, J.

Plaintiffs Silicon Valley Taxpayers’ Association, Omar D. Chatty, and Greg Coladonato appeal from a judgment of the superior court denying their petition for writ of mandate challenging the placement of Measure A (10-year one-eighth of a cent sales tax increase) on the November 2012 general election ballot by County of Santa Clara. They contend that the placement ran afoul of article XIII C, section 2, subdivision (b), of the California Constitution (Proposition 218), which requires that local tax increase measures be placed on the ballot with a regularly scheduled general…