Supreme Court of California

In an action involving the validity of amendments to the Justice and Rehabilitation Act, a measure submitted for public comment, in light of Elections Code section 9002, enacted in 2014 to create a new process by which a proposed initiative measure is submitted for public comment, the trial court's grant of a writ of mandate requiring the Attorney General to reject the amendments is vacated where: 1) the legislative history and statutory language demonstrate that the Legislature intended the comment period to facilitate feedback, not to create a broad public forum; and 2) the Legislature did not preclude substantive amendments.

Appellate Information

• Published 2016/06/06

Judges

• CORRIGAN

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• Supreme Court of California

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