It is unclear whether the projects that the Authority was to undertake were the type previously funded exclusively with property tax revenues. (See fn. 6, ante, p. 9.) If we assume they were not, however, this fact would not be of controlling significance. In Rider, the Supreme Court di...
In March of 1846, a second visit to California by Captain John Fremont foretold of coming change. Fremont was on a “scientific” mission to California along with 60 armed soldiers. Hartnell allowed the men to camp on his own property from March 3 to March 5. Every day Fremont would raise...