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-- Paul Clinton

A three-judge appellate panel in San Diego today is set to hear South

County’s attempt to revive Measure F, its second airport-related case in

a month.

On Nov. 21, the 4th District Court of Appeal overturned an Orange

County Superior Court judge’s ruling that the ballot title and summary on

Measure W, the Great Park initiative, was misleading.

At 1:30 p.m. today, a different three-judge panel will hear arguments

to reinstate Measure F, the March 2000 initiative that would have

required a two-thirds public approval for any new airport, jail or

landfill.

The initiative passed with a 67% margin, but was declared

unconstitutional nine months later by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge

James Otero.

South County appealed Otero’s ruling Jan. 26. The Committee for Safe

and Healthy Communities headed the effort on both South County-backed

measures.