California
A group calling itself Citizens for a Better San Clemente gave formal notice Tuesday that it will seek a ballot initiative to stop the city from closing the Police Department and contracting for police services with the Sheriff’s Department.
March 17, 1993
Opinion
In 1911, the people of California amended the state Constitution to provide for the initiative, the referendum and the recall.
Nov. 6, 2016
World & Nation
Federal appeals court to decide if initiative forms must be translated for non-English speakers.
June 19, 2006
A political feud on the City Council that almost ended up in court has apparently been resolved.
April 1, 1993
The recent politics of Fullerton are a distressing microcosm of the politics of the nation.
Nov. 24, 1994
Residents angry about a lucrative contract extension given last month to the city manager have handed recall notices to three City Council members.
Dec. 7, 1994
The Times reported on Jan. 19 that the City Council passed a new law which will violate every citizen’s right to recall an elected official.
Jan. 31, 1990
A 5% tax on utilities that was approved by the Baldwin Park City Council last August is under attack by a citizens’ group that is circulating petitions to repeal the tax and to recall one councilman.
Jan. 30, 1986
In violation of state law, the Culver City clerk’s office released the names of 3,600 city residents who signed a slow-growth citizens initiative to pro-development forces, who used them to target a last-minute campaign mailer against the measure.
April 5, 1990
California’s national spectacle has been called a circus, but it’s more like a zoo with the cages of the untrained animals pushed wide open.
Aug. 19, 2003