Hunnicutt v. Myers

In this proceeding to review a ballot title under ORS 250.085(2), we address two petitions that challenge the Attorney General’s certified ballot title for Initiative Petition 95 (2008). We consolidate the two ballot title challenges for purposes of this opinion.

Initiative Petition 95 (2008), if approved by the voters, would effectively abolish coordinated statewide land use planning in Oregon, limiting the application of the statewide land use planning goals to “areas of critical state concern” as defined in ORS 197.405. At present, the state has not designated any “areas of critical state…