Legal Opinion
Board of Supervisors v. Local Agency Formation Commission
California Supreme Court
Decided November 9, 1992No. S023805PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
Residents of an unincorporated area of Sacramento County seek to incorporate into a city. Government Code section 57103 provides that only the voters residing in the territory to be incorporated may vote to confirm the incorporation. The Court of Appeal found this law unconstitutional as applied, holding that it violates the guaranty of equal protection of the laws. We conclude that the law is constitutional, both on its face and as applied to the incorporation at issue.
The case before us illustrates the tension between California’s financially beleaguered counties and the…
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