Scope and Contents From the File: This case concerns an initiative "to compel the California Legislature, on penalty of loss of salary, to apply to Congress to convene a constitutional convention for the limited and singular purpose of proposing an amendment to the United States Constitution requiring a balanced federal budget." It sought a writ of manadate to prevent Secretary of State Eu from taking any action, including the expenditure of public funds, to place a proposed Balanced Federal Budget Statutory Initiative on...