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Mar. 7, 2018

GOP legislator challenges ballot language in cap-and-trade initiative

A Republican lawmaker has challenged the ballot language of a June voter initiative that was a key part of last year’s cap-and-trade deal in the Legislature.

SACRAMENTO -- A Republican lawmaker has challenged the ballot language of a June voter initiative that was a key part of last year's cap-and-trade deal in the Legislature.

Assemblyman Chad Mayes, R-Yucca Valley, said the language voters will see "is false, misleading and likely to cause prejudice against Proposition 70," according to the complaint filed by James C. Harrison, a partner with Remcho, Johansen & Purcell LLP in Oakl...

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