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TUOLUMNE JOBS & SMALL BUSINESS ALLIANCE v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S207173.

59 Cal.4th 1029 (2014)

175 Cal. Rptr. 3d 601

330 P.3d 912

TUOLUMNE JOBS & SMALL BUSINESS ALLIANCE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF TUOLUMNE COUNTY, Respondent; WAL-MART STORES, INC., et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

August 7, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herum Crabtree, Brett S. Jolley ; Dongell Lawrence Finney and John A. Lawrence for Petitioner.

Briggs Law Corporation, Cory J. Briggs and Mekaela M. Gladden for CREED-21 as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Trevor A. Grimm , Jonathan M. Coupal and Timothy A. Bittle for Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent and Real Parties in Interest.

K&L Gates, Edward P. Sangster , Megan Cesare-Eastman and Daniel W. Fox for Real Party in Interest Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Roger A. Brown ; Rutan & Tucker, John A. Ramirez , Robert S. Bower and Peter J. Howell for Real Party in Interest James Grinnell.

Richard Matranga , City Attorney, for Real Party in Interest City of Sonora.

Renne Sloan Holtzman Sakai, Randy Riddle and Ivan Delventhal for League of California Cities as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest City of Sonora.

Benbrook Law Group, Bradley A. Benbrook and Stephen M. Duvernay for Citizens in Charge as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

M. Reed Hopper and Anthony L. Francois for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

CORRIGAN, J. —

When a city council receives a voter initiative petition meeting Elections Code requirements, it must do one of three things: (1) adopt the initiative without alteration; (2) submit it to a special election; or (3) order an abbreviated report on the initiative. Upon receipt of the report, it must then either adopt the initiative or hold a special election. (Elec. Code, § 9214.)1

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