What laws does Ballot Measure 37 not apply to?
Ballot Measure 37 specifically excludes statutes, administrative rules and local regulations that are designed to protect the publics health and safety, such as fire codes, building codes, health codes, sanitation codes, solid wastes or hazardous waste regulations and/or codes, pollution control regulations, and traffic safety regulations. Measure 37 does not apply to state or local land use regulations that restrict or prohibit activities that were commonly and historically recognized as public nuisances. Measure 37 does not apply to state and local land use regulations that are required to be adopted in order to comply with federal law. Some state and local government officials may try to extend the reach of this exemption by claiming that they are adopting land use regulations because “the feds made them do it.” But in most instances, the federal government leaves land use planning and regulation to state and local governments, such that the times when federal law truly mandates the
