What is the test for determining whether a matter is a municipal affair or a state affair?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from City of Fresno v. Pinedale County Water Dist., 184 Cal.App.3d 840, 229 Cal.Rptr. 275 (Cal. App. 1986):
If there remains a "fair, reasonable and substantial" doubt whether a matter is a municipal or state affair, the doubt must be resolved in favor of the legislative authority of the state. (Abbott v. City of Los Angeles (1960) 53 Cal.2d 674, 681, 3 Cal.Rptr. 158, 349 P.2d 974; Cockerill v. City of Redding (1961) 198 Cal.App.2d 108, 111, 17 Cal.Rptr. 754.)
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