Legal Opinion
Friends of Mount Diablo v. County of Contra Costa
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 29, 1977No. Civ. 39840PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DEVINE, J. *
The question before us is whether the resolution of the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County approving a reorganization of special districts is subject to referendum by the electors of the county. This question in turn must be answered by the solution to this problem: Is the action of the board of supervisors taken under the provisions of the District Reorganization Act of 1965 (Gov. Code, § 56000 et seq.) legislative action or is it an administrative decision made under the authority of the act and done in order to carry out state policy? Upon petition for writ of…
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