California Court of Appeal

The electorate cannot, by initiative, in a general law county, enact an ordinance prescribing minimum future annual budgets for county public safety agencies, as such an ordinance exceeds the electorate's initiative power and is constitutionally invalid.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/18/2006
• Published 05/18/2006

Judges

• YEGAN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Noel Klebaum, County Counsel, County of Ventura, Matthew A. Smith, Assistant County Counsel.  Steven L. Mayer;  Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, San Francisco, for Appellant., Jennifer B. Henning, CSAC Litigation Counsel, California State Association of Counties, Amicus Curiae for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William H. Hair and Meghan B. Clark, Oxnard, for Gregory Totten and Bob Brooks, Respondents., Amy Albano, City Attorney, City of Thousand Oaks, Tim W. Giles, Assistant City Attorney, for City of Thousand Oaks, Respondent., C.D. Michel, Glenn S. McRoberts;  Trutanich & Michel, Long Beach, for Citizens for a Safe Ventura County, Respondent., David R. LaBahn, Executive Director, George W. Kennedy, District Attorney of Santa Clara County Chair, Appellate Committee and William W. Larsen, Special Assistant District Attorney, Amicus Curiae for Respondents., Jones & Mayer;  Martin J. Mayer, Fullerton, and Michael R. Capizzi, Santa Ana, Amicus Curia, for Respondents., Thomas W. Hiltachk;  Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk, Sacramento, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, Amicus Curiae for Respondents.