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Then why doesn't the City lose on purpose the defending lawsuit since they have no horse in this race?

• FireBeyond 10y ago
  Because then the proponents of the measure finance lawsuits / campaigns against the City, saying that it is legally obligated to do its utmost to implement measures that have been passed. More money down the toilet.
  • sokoloff 10y ago
    When every key element related to the ballot initiative is unconstitutional there, their "utmost" could very well be nothing, right?
  • jedmeyers 10y ago
    Are they legally obligated to spend all the money the City has to defend every measure that's been passed, no matter how unconstitutional it is?
    • FireBeyond 10y ago
      I don't pretend to be an expert in City politics, but I believe that there would be grounds for a lawsuit if the City could be shown to ignore a Proposition. Certainly, I would assume that the grounds are reasonability - not "fight to the death". Bear in mind, too, that the City did try to get it struck off on admin grounds as it was being proposed and I believe a court agreed that it was unconstitutional, but that the law didn't allow for a Proposition to be preemptively stuck down on those grounds.