CA initiative reform: Lawmakers ignore the elephant in the room
By Chris Reed . Republished with permission by Cal Watchdog.com The San Francisco Chronicle recently reported on initiative reforms that take effect today.After more than a century in California’s political spotlight, the state’s initiative process will be getting a major revise next year. Even more surprising, both Democrats and Republicans in the famously partisan Legislature […]
California Attorney General Blocks Real Initiative Reform
By Jon Coupal Just last month, this column noted that the professional political class harbors great hostility toward the tools of direct democracy — the powers of initiative, referendum and recall. These are effective tools to control an indolent or corrupt legislature. From the perspective of politicians, direct democracy allows the great unwashed […]
