California IN BRIEF : SACRAMENTO : Lawsuit Seeks to Overturn Prop. 111

A retired legislator filed a lawsuit to invalidate gas tax-raising Proposition 111, alleging that the state’s top elected officials deceived voters with misleading ballot statements. The suit by former Democratic Assemblyman Bert DeLotto of Fresno and 12 others seeks to toss out the June 5 election results and allow voters to reconsider Proposition 111 on the November ballot. “The title of Proposition 111 is written to describe a legislative act, and not a constitutional amendment, and thus misleads the voters as to the nature and extent of the proposition,” the suit filed by Fresno lawyer Leonard Hoar Jr. alleges.