Eu

Insurance Industry Initiative Campaign Committee v. Eu

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1988 Cal. App. LEXIS 740·203 Cal. App. 3d 961·250 Cal. Rptr. 320
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaAugust 12, 1988C004348California2,862 words

Opinion

Opinion

Puglia, J.

Petitioners seek a writ of mandate directing the Secretary of State to refrain from placing the “Insurance Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 1988” (the initiative) on the November 1988 general election ballot. Real parties in interest, Insurance Consumer Action Network, Inc. and Steven Miller (collectively, ICAN) are, respectively, the primary supporter and proponent of the initiative. Petitioners claim the initiative violates the single subject rule contained in article II, section 8, subdivision (d) of the California Constitution. This is the second time we have considered this petition. This is the second time we shall deny it.

Petitioners assert that sections 11 and 17 of the initiative run afoul of the single subject rule. As we recently pointed out in California Trial Lawyers Assn. v. Eu, supra, 200 Cal.App.3d at page 358: “. . . initiatives encompassing a wide range of diverse measures will withstand challenge so long as their provisions are ‘either functionally related to one another or . . . reasonably germane to one another or the objects of the enactments.’ ” (See Harbor v. Deukmejian (1987) 43 Cal.3d 1078, 1100 [ 240 Cal.Rptr. 569 , 742 P.2d 1290 ];…

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