California: Judge dismisses ballot measure lawsuit
A judge Wednesday rejected a lawsuit that sought to repeal a Monterey Park ballot measure that requires the city to accept the lowest bidder on its next trash contract. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge John Torribio ruled the lawsuit did not even meet a “slight burden” in its effort to repeal the ballot measure through state laws intended to protect the environment. “The court went with us on all of the arguments we had put forward,” said Christi Hogin, a city attorney who argued against the lawsuit.