A voter initiative that already has spent some time in a Shasta County courtroom has apparently been certified to appear on a ballot next June. When the election reform initiative was first introduced, the county counsel refused to give it a title and summary for fear that it would end up getting the county sued. It calls for changes that have already been declared illegal by the state. A judge ruled that the counsel had a responsibility to write the title and ballot summary. On Thursday one of the measure’s authors, Laura Hobbs, announced that 10,000 signatures had been gathered and the registrar of voters certified it.
-Steve Gibson