Legal Opinion
Preserve Shorecliff Homeowners v. City of San Clemente
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 16, 2008No. G038649PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SILLS, P. J.
California has two statutes requiring that all circulators of referendum petitions be qualified to register to vote in the city whose ordinance is the object of the referendum—Elections Code section 9238, subdivision (c) 1 and section 9209. 2 In this case involving a challenge to signatures on a referendum petition obtained by a group seeking to have a referendum on an ordinance restricting second-story additions, the trial court:
—(a) found that section 9238, subdivision (c) (and, by implication, § 9209 as well) had indeed been violated, but
—(b) did not invalidate the…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- First Nat. Bank of Boston v. BellottiSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Meyer v. GrantSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Citizens Against Rent Control/Coalition for Fair Housing v. City of BerkeleySupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Hale v. MorganCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
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