Voters for Responsible Retirement v. Board of Supervisors

In Voters for Responsible Retirement v. Board of Supervisors (1994) 8 Cal.4th 765, the court explained: "Article XI, section 1(b) was originally enacted in June of 1970, as part of a comprehensive revision of article XI, governing the constitutional prerogatives of and limitations on California cities and counties." (Voters for Responsible Retirement, at p. 772.) Its predecessor was former article XI, section 5, a provision that had been amended in 1933 to "transfer control over the compensation of most county employees and officers from the Legislature to the boards of supervisors." (Voters for Responsible Retirement, at p. 774.) According to the Supreme Court, the purpose of the 1933 amendment was "to give greater local autonomy to the setting of salaries for county officers and employees, removing that function from the centralized control of the Legislature." (Id. at p. 772.)