Elisabeth Semel quoted by Daily Journal (registration required), Aug. 25, 2017
If one views the five-year deadline as the heart of the initiative, said Elisabeth Semel … the decision can be seen as a victory for opponents of Proposition 66. “At the end of the day, this is what voters were told was the most important outcome the initiative would achieve. Although the court did not strike the provision down, the court rendered them utterly ineffectual.”