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Cal. Apartment Assn. v. City of Pasadena (2025)

Citation
Cal. Apartment Assn. v. City of Pasadena (2025)
Parent Document
Cal. Apartment Assn. v. City of Pasadena (2025)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
2025-12-18

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4     We reject interveners’ contention that the amendment-
revision framework applicable to changes to the Constitution
does not apply to changes to local government charters because
the constitutional language pertaining to changes to the
Constitution is meaningfully distinct from the language
regarding changes to charters. Relying on the fact that article
XI, section 3, subdivision (b) describes an initiative power to
propose a “repeal” of a charter, interveners contend that this
separate initiative power must allow for revisions by initiative
because repealing a charter in its entirety is “certainly a more
fundamental change that a mere ‘revision.’ ” This reading
disregards the clear distinction under subdivision (b) between the