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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

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Beth Ross

Great summary Kimberley. I was there, and I think you got it exactly right.

I expect we will get a ruling holding that Prop 64 does apply to pending cases, accompanied by a ruling allowing those of us who got caught in the worlds between the old and new law to amend our complaints (if we can) to substitute plaintiffs with standing and to comply with CCP 382.

It was not my impression that any of the Justices -- apart from Kennard and perhaps George -- were disposed to the view that initiatives should be reviewed under a different standard than other legislative acts.

At the same time, it is hard to believe that any of them really believe that voter "intent" could actually be gleaned from the fictional presumption that voters "know the law" -- as opposed to what the voters are actually told in the ballot materials about the effect of an initiative. It will be very interesting to see what, if anything, the opinion(s) say about that!

Thanks again.


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