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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which reserves for the electorate the power to recall elected City
officers. Even if the procedure for removing members of the
Rental Board under Measure H is different from the recall and
removal procedures in these other provisions, petitioners have
not shown how that distinction fundamentally alters the City’s
governmental framework in any meaningful way.
       5.     Conclusion
       While the changes to the Charter embodied in Measure H
may be significant, “the amendment process never has been
reserved only for minor or unimportant changes.” (Strauss,
supra, 46 Cal.4th at p. 446.) Ultimately, we must resolve all
doubts in favor of the initiative process. (Eu, supra, 54 Cal.3d at
pp. 501, 512.) Doing so here, we conclude that Measure H does
not, on its face, necessarily or inevitably constitute an
impermissible revision of the Charter. Because Measure H’s
changes instead constituted a permissible Charter amendment,
its enactment by initiative did not violate article XI, section 3,
subdivision (b) of the California Constitution.

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