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SF Redevelopment Plan Prevented From Reaching Ballot

Dec 1, 2008

CP&DR Staff, Initiatives and referendums, Legal Digest, San Francisco, Vol. 23 No. 12 Dec 2008

A referendum on a redevelopment plan for San Francisco's Bayview and Hunters Point districts will not appear on the ballot. The First District Court of Appeal upheld a Superior Court judge's ruling that referendum proponents violated elections law by not including a copy of the redevelopment plan in referendum petitions.

Voters Demonstrate Slow-Growth Tendency

Nov 25, 2008

California, Featured Articles, Initiatives and referendums, Paul Shigley, Vol. 23 No. 12 Dec 2008

Balloting on local land use measures during the general election provided the usual mixed-bag of results, but also a number of surprises. Overall, slow-growth forces won 22 of 39 classifiable elections.

Despite the poor economy, the electorate demonstrated a willingness to spend money and even raise taxes for transit, roads and schools.

Complete Local Election Results, November 2008

Nov 25, 2008

California, CP&DR Staff, Featured Articles, Initiatives and referendums, Vol. 23 No. 12 Dec 2008

Complete results of 67 ballot measures in 23 counties.

Court Supports City Attorney Who Rejected Ballot Measures

Nov 24, 2008

CP&DR Staff, Initiatives and referendums, Legal Digest, Ventura County, Vol. 23 No. 12 Dec 2008

A state appellate court has sided with a city attorney who declined to prepare ballot titles and summaries for proposed ballot initiatives because they were unconstitutional. The court rejected the initiative backer's arguments that the Ojai city attorney acted too late, that judicial review at the "pre-petition" stage was inappropriate, and that a lawsuit filed by the city attorney was a SLAPP.

Loma Linda Referendums Cleared For Ballot

Aug 27, 2008

CP&DR Staff, Featured Articles, Initiatives and referendums, San Bernardino County, Vol. 23 No. 09 Sep 2008

Two referendums of large housing projects in the City of Loma Linda have been reinstated by the Fourth District Court of Appeal. The court overturned a Superior Court judge's decision to pull the referendums from the June 2006 ballot because referendum petitions failed to contain the full text of challenged ordinances. The Fourth District found the petitions to be legally adequate, clearing the referendums to appear on ballots in 2009.

Redevelopment Wins Big On Election Day

Jun 4, 2008

California, CP&DR Staff, Elections, Initiatives and referendums, Vol. 23 No. 07 Jul 2008

Redevelopment may have been the biggest winner in Tuesday's primary election. Statewide, voters rejected Proposition 98, an initiative to prohibit the use of eminent domain for economic development purposes. In San Francisco, voters supported a huge redevelopment project at the former Hunter's Point shipyard and Candlestick Point. And in Napa County, voters rejected a slow-growth initiative that was aimed at halting redevelopment of a former industrial site just south of Napa.

Voters In Napa County, SF, SoCal To Decide Measures

May 1, 2008

California, Featured Articles, Initiatives and referendums, Paul Shigley, Vol. 23 No. 05 May 2008

After a lull during the off-year election of 2007, land use initiatives and referendums are starting to reappear on local ballots this June. Voters in at least seven jurisdictions are scheduled to decide measures that are related directly or indirectly to what gets built and where.

February Election Update: Stanislaus County Approves Growth-Control Initiative

Feb 27, 2008

California, Elections, Initiatives and referendums, Paul Shigley, Vol. 23 No. 03 Mar 2008

Stanislaus County voters became the first in the Central Valley to approve a county-wide growth-control initiative when they backed a ballot measure that prohibits the rezoning of agricultural land for residential uses without voter approval.

While voters in what had been growth-friendly Stanislaus County endorsed growth control, voters in Santa Clara and Rocklin backed specific housing projects. Meanwhile, voters in San Clemente overturned the city's approval of a condominium project. Also on Super Tuesday, voters in the western Riverside County community of Wildomar supported incorporation, but voters in the Sierra foothills community of Oakhurst rejected formation of a new city.

Developer's Initiative Thrown Out, Citizen Initiative Upheld

Feb 25, 2008

California, CP&DR Staff, Featured Articles, Initiatives and referendums, Vol. 23 No. 03 Mar 2008

A pro-development initiative in San Luis Obispo County was not the proper subject for an initiative, a San Luis Obispo Superior Court judge has ruled. Meanwhile, a slow-growth initiative approved by Loma Linda voters in 2006 was upheld by a San Bernardino County Superior Court judge.

Stanislaus Voters Approve Growth Control; Housing Projects Win Elsewhere

Feb 6, 2008

California, CP&DR Staff, Elections, Initiatives and referendums, Vol. 23 No. 03 Mar 2008

Stanislaus County voters on Tuesday approved a growth control initiative that prohibits the rezoning of agricultural land in unincorporated areas without voter approval. Elsewhere in California on Super Tuesday, voters in Santa Clara and Rocklin upheld housing project approvals, while voters in San Clemente overturned conversion of a golf course into condominiums.