California Supreme Court June 19, 2006, S135819 (Independent Energy Producers Association v. McPherson)

Opinion

GEORGE, C. J.

As in the recent case of

Costa

v.

Superior Court

(2006) 37 Cal.4th 986 [39 Cal.Rptr.3d 470, 128 P.3d 675]

(Costa),

we granted review in this case after a lower court, in an expedited preelection decision, directed that a proposed initiative measure—in this case, Proposition 80—be withheld from the November 8, 2005, election ballot.