Now, Mr. Goldberg wants to find dozens of Jennifer Bestors to study the tax rolls of their towns and cities and make the case to friends and neighbors for amending Proposition 13, using examples that are close to home.
In a bit of legalistic improvisation, that law "pre-amended" Proposition 63's permit requirement.
Recently law makers passed a bill that would let voters amend Proposition 12 to shift two-thirds of the bonds to build affordable apartments for veterans, with an emphasis on projects that align rental housing with services for the homeless.
Assemblyman Jim Cooper (D-Elk Grove) first proposed a change last year by asking voters to amend Proposition 47 — which passed with 60% approval — making it a felony to steal $950 worth of property in a year.
The state Constitution, as amended by Proposition 218, mandates that water fees be used only to provide water service for the rate payers.
Simply put, I have pointed out that: 1) the state Constitution, as amended by Proposition 218, requires that all fees for a property-related service imposed by local governmental Charter authority be limited to use only for that service.
XIIIC, as amended by Proposition 26, requires the peoples' vote, for it mandates, "No local government may impose, extend or increase any special tax unless … that tax is submitted to the electorate and approved by a two-thirds vote". A special tax is one "imposed for a specific purpose". The electric rate is for a specific purpose.
Proposition 8 amended the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage.
Taxpayer revolts that have left all levels of government underfunded have been going strong since at least 1978, when California amended its constitution with Proposition 13, a ballot initiative that has slowly starved that state's once great public schools and other services.
Once the determinatio is validly made, fulfilling the criteria of validity provided by or under the relevant legal system's constitutional law, it changes the pre-existing state of the law by introducing a new or amended legal rule and proposition(s) of law.
The other one seeks to overturn California's proposition 8, which amended the state constitution to outlaw same-sex marriage.
