Legislature v. Deukmejian

*663Opinion

THE COURT.*

In this case we are called upon to determine the constitutionality of an attempt—novel in the history of this state—to readjust state legislative and congressional district boundaries through the statutory initiative process after the Legislature has already done so. We are asked by the proponents of the initiative to create an exception to the constitutionally mandated and long-established rule that redistricting may occur only once within the 10-year period following a federal census. We conclude, based upon the principle that in the enactment of statutes the…