City to Hire Lawyer for Term-Limits Measure
From Times Staff Reports
The City Council voted 9 to 2 on Tuesday to spend $26,000 to hire outside lawyers to defend Measure R, which would ease term limits for the council.
The ballot measure was declared unconstitutional by a Superior Court judge earlier this month because it links term limits to lobbyist restrictions. An appeals court allowed the measure to remain on the Nov. 7 ballot pending a hearing next month.
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