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HOWARD JARVIS TAXPAYERS ASSN. v. BOWEN

No. C060441.

192 Cal.App.4th 110 (2011)

HOWARD JARVIS TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. DEBRA BOWEN, as Secretary of State, etc., Defendant and Respondent; GEOFF BRANDT, as State Printer, etc., et al., Real Parties in Interest and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

January 27, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Trevor A. Grimm , Jonathan M. Coupal and Timothy A. Bittle for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

David L. Lewellyn, Jr. , as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General, Jonathan K. Renner , Assistant Attorney General, Stephen P. Acquisto and Ross C. Moody , Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent and for Real Parties in Interest and Respondents Geoff Brandt , State Printer, Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General.

Diane F. Boyer-Vine , Robert A. Pratt and Marian M. Johnston for Real Party in Interest and Respondent California State Legislature.

OPINION

SCOTLAND, J.*—

California voters have a powerful tool, the ballot initiative, to make public policy. (Cal. Const., art. II, § 8, subd. (a) ["The initiative is the power of the electors to propose statutes and amendments to the Constitution and to adopt or reject them."], art. IV, § 1 ["The legislative power of this State is vested in the California Legislature ... but the people reserve to...

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