What is the test to determine if an ordinance is a valid exercise of police power?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Salton Bay Marina, Inc. v. Imperial Irr. Dist., 165 Cal.App.3d 952, 212 Cal.Rptr. 701 (Cal. App. 1985):
In reviewing whether an ordinance constitutes a valid exercise of the police power, the courts look to see if (1) its object is a proper governmental objective, and (2) the means chosen reasonably relate to that objective. (Silver v. City of Los Angeles, 217 Cal.App.2d 134, 139, 31 Cal.Rptr. 545.)
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