Ineffective Legislature or Too-Easy Initiative Process?
Sacramento, California political columnist Dan Walters begs the question, has the Legislature become irrelevant because of an excessive number of ballot measures challenging their authority? Or is it the other way around?
Many, Walters included, think that the initiative process is flawed and should be reformed. Democrats, having super-majority powers in the Golden State, are very much in a position to change things. However, the reforms that are being proposed don’t seem so much like reforms as they do hindrances.
Walters argues that Democrats are pandering to their allies rather than seeking true reform to the initiative process.
Read more at the Sacramento Bee
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