Legal Opinion
Hunt v. Mayor & Council of Riverside
California Supreme Court
Decided April 2, 1948No. L. A. 20430PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSchauer, J.
Petitioners seek the issuance of a peremptory writ of mandate to compel respondents, who are the mayor and the council of the city of Riverside, to submit to a referendum vote of the electors of the city a sales tax ordinance adopted by the council on May 13, 1947, and approved by the mayor on May 23, 1947. We have concluded that the ordinance in question is not made subject to referendum under the provisions of either the Constitution of this state (art. IV, § 1) or the Riverside city charter, and that the writ must be denied.
By the ordinance a license tax “For the privilege of selling…
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