California: Court says measure should remain off the ballot
A proposed initiative to slash health insurance and salaries of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors violates the California Constitution and should be kept off the ballot, according to arguments the county filed in Riverside Superior Court. On Feb. 17, court Commissioner Paulette Durand-Barkley approved the county’s request to temporarily halt a legal requirement for Riverside County to process the proposed initiative drive. Former Board of Supervisors candidate Herb Higgins notified the Registrar of Voters on Nov. 2 that he intended to circulate a ballot initiative to almost halve the pay for supervisors, eliminate their health insurance and cut other benefits that many county employees receive.