Constitutional Law
Nov. 22, 2016
Prop. N doesn't pass muster
The successful San Francisco ballot initiative, which permits noncitizens to vote in local elections, violates the California Constitution and is preempted by state law.
Stephen M. Duvernay
Phone: (916) 447-4900
Email: steve@benbrooklawgroup.com
Notre Dame Law School; Notre Dame IN
In 1849, a man named José Antonio Carrillo, along with 38 others, signed the first California Constitution. He had been an alcalde in Los Angeles, and served in the Mexican army defending Alta California in the Mexican-American War. From his perspective, the Americans were immigrants and invaders. Still, he wrote the treaty that ended the war, and participated in the formation of a new government as a delegate to the first California constitutional convention in 1849. The constitution Carr...
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