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Referendum
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Larry's Tax Law
Referendum to Repeal Oregon Corporate Activity Tax Has Wind Taken Out of Its Sails – The New Tax May Be Here to Stay
By Larry Brant
Referendum to Repeal Oregon Corporate Activity Tax Has Wind Taken Out of Its Sails – The New Tax May Be Here to Stay No Referendum As we previously noted, Oregon…
CAP·impact
Direct Democracy in California – A Brief History and its Functions
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/direct-democracy-in-california-a-brief-history-and-its-functions Direct democracy is the term we in government use to describe the ability of the voters to take matters into their own hands.…
Land Use Developments
Court Rules that Petition to Dissolve Fire District is Administrative in Nature and not Subject to Referendum Process
On March 7, 2019, the Fourth District Court of Appeal published Southcott v. Julian-Cuyamaca Fire Protection District, __ Cal.App.5th __ (Case No. D074324) (2019), another in a long line of…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Ireland’s Vote on Abortion Is a Referendum on the Nation’s Future
May 24, 2018 (The New Yorker): Ireland’s Vote on Abortion Is a Referendum on the Nation’s Future, by Margaret Talbot:On Friday, Irish voters will decide whether to repeal the Eighth Amendment…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Campaigning Intense as May 25 Irish Referendum on Abortion Approaches
BBC (May 16, 2018): Abortion in Ireland - what is the law?: On May 25, voters in the Republic of Ireland will vote on constitutional reform which would allow the government…
The Right Coast
Who made Facebook and Google referendum debate gatekeepers?
Is this public relations by a sector feeling the heat? Is it a chance for Google and Facebook to look good following accusations that social media and the internet generally…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
Court Gives Green Light to Referendum of Ordinance Adopted to Conform Zoning With General Plan
By Sunny Tsou
A referendum requiring either the rejection of an enacted zoning ordinance or submission to the voters that would leave in place zoning inconsistent with a general plan does not violate…
Land Use Developments
In Protracted Dispute Over Modest Residential Development, Court Orders Lafayette to Place Referendum Petition on Ballot
On February 21, 2018, in Save Lafayette v. City of Lafayette, __ Cal.5th __ (2018) (Case No. A149342), the First District Court of Appeal overturned the City of Lafayette’s decision…
Land Use Developments
Court Rejects Labor Union’s Referendum Petition to Thwart City’s Sale of Land to Private Hotel Developer Whose Project Would Not Employ Union Workers
The use and abuse of the California Environmental Quality Act and the elections laws by special interests such as business competitors and labor unions is a pervasive and problematic feature…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
Referendum that Leaves in Place Zoning That is Inconsistent With General Plan Upheld
By Marie Cooper
Rejecting prior case law, the Sixth District Court of Appeal held that citizens may referend a zoning ordinance even when the result of doing so is to leave in place…