Any proposed ordinance may be submitted to the legislative body of the city by a petition filed with the elections official of the legislative body, in the manner hereinafter prescribed, after being signed by not less than the number of voters specified in this article. The petition may be in separate sections, providing that the petition complies with this article. The first page of each section shall contain the title of the petition and the text of the measure. The petition sections shall be designated in the manner set forth in Section 9020.
Cal. Elec. Code § 9201
Initiative
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Ass'n v. Amador Water Agency (2019)
Most recently applied in 248 Cal. Rptr. 3d 406 - Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Ass'n v. Amador Water Agency (June 2019)
Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.