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
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10761039/cal-apartment-assn-v-city-of-pasadena/ ↗

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       2.      The amendment-revision framework
       To determine whether a change is an amendment or a
revision, “a court carefully must assess (1) the meaning and scope
of the . . . change at issue, and (2) the effect—both quantitative
and qualitative—that the . . . change will have on the basic
governmental plan or framework embodied in the preexisting
provisions of the [charter].” (Strauss, supra, 46 Cal.4th at p. 387;
accord, Raven, supra, 52 Cal.3d at p. 350.) “ ‘[A]n enactment
which is so extensive in its provisions as to change directly the
“substantial entirety” of the [charter] by the deletion or alteration
of numerous existing provisions may well constitute a revision
thereof. However, even a relatively simple enactment may
accomplish such far reaching changes in the nature of our basic

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