SANTA BARBARA CTY. v. CTY. OF SANTA BARBARA

Docket No. B023919.

194 Cal.App.3d 674 (1987)

239 Cal. Rptr. 769

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District Division Six.

September 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Ronald A. Zumbrun, Anthony T. Caso and Jonathan M. Coupal for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Kenneth L. Nelson, County Counsel, and Don H. Vickers, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents.

Schwartz, Steinsapir, Dohrmann & Sommers, Michael R. Feinberg and Terri A. Tucker as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

GILBERT, J.

Article XIII B of the California Constitution, also known as Proposition 4, limits the amount of tax revenues a government entity may spend. Section 5 states, in pertinent part: "Each entity of government may establish ... retirement ... funds.... Contributions to any such fund ... shall ... constitute appropriations subject to limitation ..."1

Here we conclude that the section...

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