Government
Jan. 8, 2020
SB 359: Lowers referendum barriers: More time and streamlined process for referendum proponents
Bill is part of effort to increase civic engagement
Morgan Gallagher
Attorney
Cox Castle & Nicholson
Email: mgallagher@coxcastle.com
Morgan is a land use attorney specializing in securing development approvals for controversial and complex real estate projects and defending project approvals from legal challenges.
In October, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 359, Sen. John Moorlach's "fair referendum practice bill" into law as part of a series of elections bills aimed at increasing civic engagement. It allows project opponents to use a summary of an ordinance for purposes of collecting signatures for a referendum petition, as opposed to the entire ordinance text. According to the SB 359 Fact Sheet released by Moorlach's office, the bill stems from an approximately 1,000-page referen...
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