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Courts Evaluating Legislature Amending Ballot Initiatives

October 22, 2026   7:12 amOctober 22, 2026   7:12 am
On occasion, the California courts are required to evaluate the Legislature’s authority to amend voter-approved initiatives. The default rule, of course, is found in the California Constitution, in Article II, Section 10(c). The Legislature cannot amend a voter-approved initiative unless...
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Considering Legislative Statements with Unambiguous Statutes

October 12, 2026   2:00 pmOctober 12, 2026   2:01 pm
As a general rule, California courts only consider extrinsic evidence (such as committee or floor analyses) when a statute is ambiguous. In other words, if a statute is clear, then the plain meaning of the language controls and there is...
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CA Supreme Court Cited a Lobbyist’s Memo as Legislative History

October 7, 2026   3:06 pmOctober 7, 2026   3:07 pm
As a general rule, California courts exclude or heavily discount statements by lobbyists as cognizable legislative history when interpreting ambiguous statutes. Based upon the landmark decision in Kaufman & Broad Communities, Inc. v. Performance Plastering, Inc. decided by the Third...
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Taxpayer Protection of Prop 218 Undermined by Democrat Bill AB 2180

August 19, 2026   7:30 amAugust 19, 2026   8:28 am
As Californians are facing tax increases from every level of government within the state, Senator Steven Choi, Ph.D (R-Irvine) is alerting Californians that a bill gutting Proposition 218 is in the Senate, and could be passed. Assembly Bill 2180, authored...
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One Party Tyranny: Liberal Judges Allow CA’s Corrupt Politicians to Rig Election Against Prop 39’s Bipartisan Voter ID Initiative

August 6, 2026   6:28 pmAugust 7, 2026   2:38 pm
Assemblyman Carl DeMaio (R-San Diego) just announced that liberal judges have sided with California’s corrupt politicians trying to rig the election against Prop 39’s bipartisan voter ID initiative, after AG Rob Bonta issued a new ballot title to Proposition 39....
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AG Bonta To Face Lawsuit for Manipulating Prop 39 Voter ID Ballot Language Mid-Campaign

July 24, 2026   3:01 pmJuly 26, 2026   7:27 pm
Chairman of Reform California, Assemblyman Carl DeMaio, announced Friday he is filing a lawsuit immediately against State Attorney General Rob Bonta “to force him to restore a FAIR ballot title to our Prop 39 Voter ID Initiative!” California Attorney General...
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Legal Standing of Associations to Sue

July 22, 2026   2:35 amJuly 22, 2026   2:36 am
What is “legal standing”? Sometimes known by the Latin term, locus standi, it is the right of a person or entity to file a lawsuit or participate in a legal proceeding in state or federal court. It is essentially a...
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