Myers v. Stringham

THE COURT.

The petitioner seeks a writ of mandate to compel the city clerk of the city of Berkeley to examine and certify as sufficient a petition prepared and presented under the initiative provisions of the city charter; also to compel the city council to adopt a proposed ordinance set forth in the petition or in the event the proposed ordinance be not adopted to submit the same to a vote of the electors of the city as provided by law. The proposed ordinance purports to amend Ordinance No. 666, N. S., which is the city’s general zoning ordinance, by adding a new subsection to section 3 to be…