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MAYES LAWSUIT FORCES CHANGE IN CAP AN TRADE SPENDING PLAN TITLE

The official title for Proposition 70, a ballot measure laying out rules for future climate change revenues collected by the state, must be rewritten after a Sacramento judge agreed with Assemblyman Chad Mayes of Yucca Valley that voters in June would otherwise be misled. Mayes filed the lawsuit calling the ballot title “both wrong and highly prejudicial” for the proposed amendment to the California Constitution. Mayes was the GOP leader of the Assembly during last year’s negotiation over extending the state’s cap-and-trade program, which passed with support from eight Republican lawmakers. Proposition 70 requires a one-time vote in 2024 on how revenues collected from cap-and-trade are spent. Mayes negotiated that spending would require a two-thirds vote in the state Senate and Assembly, rather than a simple majority, in exchange for the votes. Mayes contended that the ballot title suggested to voters that Proposition 70 would have a negative impact on the environment. Sacramento Superior Court Judge Allen Sumner agreed with Mayes and ordered that the title should be changed. The Monday ruling instructs state elections officials to change Proposition 70’s title to “Requires Legislative Supermajority Vote Approving Use of Cap-and-Trade Reserve Fund.”

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