On April 20, the California Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB 660, which makes it illegal for initiative proponents to pay circulators on a per-signature basis. Now it goes to the State Senate.
Each of the three last Governors of California vetoed bills like this bill.
IMO, this seems to be a violation of Art I, Sec 10, Clause 1, because the legislature is attempting to impair the obligations of contracts to hire petitioners.
WZ –
bill adds restrictions on making contracts
— standard *police power* statist stuff.