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Totten v. Board of Supervisors

California Court of Appeal

Decided May 18, 2006No. B182733PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

YEGAN, J.

Here we conclude that the electorate cannot, by initiative, in a general law county, enact an ordinance prescribing minimum future annual budgets for county public safety agencies. Such an ordinance exceeds the electorate’s initiative power and is constitutionally invalid.

The Board of Supervisors of the County of Ventura appeals from a stipulated judgment entered in favor of respondent officials of Ventura County public safety agencies: Gregory Totten, District Attorney of the County of Ventura, and Bob Brooks, Sheriff of the County of Ventura. Additional respondents are the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. DeVita v. County of NapaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Mooney v. PickettCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
  3. Kugler v. YocumCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
  4. Committee of Seven Thousand v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
  5. County of San Diego v. StateCalifornia Supreme Court · 1997

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3Cited by8 opinions

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  4. City of Oxnard v. StarrCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2023
  5. Jeremy Coltharp v. Larry HerreraCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014

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