Brown v. Superior Court of Sacramento County

CHIN, J.,

Dissenting.—In my view, the superior court was correct. I would deny the instant writ petition.

The 2014 amendment to Elections Code section 9002 (section 9002) was a legislative reform designed to improve the initiative process. This case sets *355the precedent establishing whether that section can function as a true reform to achieve its intended purpose, or if it is an empty shell—just another rule that can easily be evaded with a little imagination.

As amended, section 9002, subdivision (a), requires a 30-day period of public review of all proposed initiative measures, during which…