Measure R’s day in court
Ron Kaye posts an excellent postmortem on the legal challenge to Measure R argued today in court. He isn’t optimistic:
The heart of the legal argument is whether the state Constitution’s ban on multiple subject state initiatives and legislative measures applies to a charter city like L.A. And if it does, whether there is any logic that brings together as a single subject a ban on lobbyist contributions and giving council members three, instead of two, terms.
I wish I could say that the judges were as ready to embrace applying the Constitution’s single subject requirement to L.A. as they appeared to be willing to find false the claims that lobbyists and term limits had some legitimate connection.
It’s always risky to try to read the minds of judges but my money is on them holding their noses and ruling that laws against public corruption and corruption of the political process don’t apply to L.A.
P.S. Still no update from David.
Previously: Measure R returns to court
