Edmund G. Brown, Jr., as Governor v. the Superior Court of Sacramento Co — Chin, J…

Summary

Justice Chin dissented from the majority's treatment of the amended initiative, concluding that the proposed constitutional amendment was not reasonably germane to the measure originally submitted for public review. He would have denied the writ and upheld the superior court's order because allowing the amendment to proceed would make the mandatory public-review process effectively meaningless. The dissent emphasized the Legislature's stated goal of improving initiative drafting and preventing unintended consequences.