Legal Opinion
Gayle v. Hamm
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 28, 1972No. Civ. 39089PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
AISO, J.
Petitioners Mary Gayle and Steven J. Stone (proponents) filed an initiative petition with defendant Robert L. Hamm, County Clerk of the County of Ventura (county clerk) pursuant to Elections Code section 3706 on April 12, 1971. Upon advice from the county counsel that the initiative measure (ordinance), even if carried at the polls, would be invalid, the county clerk refused to examine the petition for requisite signatures as prescribed by Elections Code section 3707. Proponents then filed a petition for a writ of mandate in the superior court, on June 23, 1971, to compel the…
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