ALTADENA LIBRARY DIST. v. BLOODGOOD

Docket No. B010487.

192 Cal.App.3d 585 (1987)

237 Cal. Rptr. 649

ALTADENA LIBRARY DISTRICT et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. MARK C. BLOODGOOD, as County Auditor, etc., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

June 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

O'Donnell & Gordon, Pierce O'Donnell, George R. Hedges and Mary E. Newcombe for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Ronald A. Zumbrun, John H. Findley and Sharon L. Browne as Amici Curiae for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

DeWitt W. Clinton, County Counsel, and Philip H. Hickok, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

JOHNSON, J.

In this case the supporters of a community library ask whether Proposition 13's requirement that at least two-thirds of the voters approve new tax levies is constitutional as applied to a library district initiative supported by 61.8 percent of the voters. Under the holding and rationale of prior United States and California Supreme Court decisions, we conclude it is and affirm.

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