Legal Opinion
Dare v. Lakeport City Council
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 9, 1970No. Civ. 27449PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ELKINGTON, J.
Appellants were proponents of an initiative petition filed with the Lakeport City Council which was the governing body of Lake-port Municipal Sewer District No. 1. The petition concededly met the requirements of Elections Code sections 4000-4023 and 5150-5162. Upon advice of its counsel that the petition’s object was not a proper subject of the initiative process the city council “refused” the petition. Its proponents then sought by superior court mandate proceedings to compel the city council to accept, and thereafter take proper action on, the petition. Following a…
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