Southern Alameda Spanish Speaking Organization (Also Known as Sasso) v. City of Union City, California

MERRILL, Circuit Judge:

The principal appellant, the Southern Alameda Spanish Speaking Organization (SASSO), was successful in obtaining the passage of a city ordinance rezoning a tract of land within Union City, California, to a multi-family residential category in order to permit the construction of a federally financed housing project for low and moderate income families. The ordinance was nullified almost immediately by a city-wide referendum. By this action appellants attack the referendum 1 and its results as infringing upon their constitutional rights under the due process and equal…