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SAN FRANCISCO - Politically conservative public interest groups filed lawsuits Tuesday seeking to invalidate the $3 billion stem cell research funding institution California voters approved in November.
One lawsuit filed by the People's Advocate and the National Tax Limitation Foundation alleges that the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine violates California law because it's not governed exclusively by the state government and the committee that controls the money isn't publicly elected.
The second lawsuit was filed by a newly created nonprofit called Californians for Public Accountability and Ethical Science, which is supported by at least one person who originally opposed Proposition 71.
The lawsuit alleges that provisions in Proposition 71 exempting members of the institute from some conflict-of-interest laws are illegal. The suit also alleges that the ballot language violated a California election law that requires each proposition to address a single subject.
Proposition 71 was supported by 59 percent of voters.
David Llewellyn, the Sacramento attorney representing the plaintiffs, would identify only two of the people behind Californians for Public Accountability and Ethical Science. They are Dr. Vincent Fortanasce, who...
One lawsuit filed by the People's Advocate and the National Tax Limitation Foundation alleges that the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine violates California law because it's not governed exclusively by the state government and the committee that controls the money isn't publicly elected.
The second lawsuit was filed by a newly created nonprofit called Californians for Public Accountability and Ethical Science, which is supported by at least one person who originally opposed Proposition 71.
The lawsuit alleges that provisions in Proposition 71 exempting members of the institute from some conflict-of-interest laws are illegal. The suit also alleges that the ballot language violated a California election law that requires each proposition to address a single subject.
Proposition 71 was supported by 59 percent of voters.
David Llewellyn, the Sacramento attorney representing the plaintiffs, would identify only two of the people behind Californians for Public Accountability and Ethical Science. They are Dr. Vincent Fortanasce, who...