On April 28, California Governor Jerry Brown spoke in Los Angeles and said he now favors putting an initiative on the ballot to ask voters if they wish to make certain tax changes. See this story. It will be interesting to see if the Democrats in the legislature, who are backing three separate bills to make it more difficult to put initiatives on the ballot, will now stop supporting those bills. The bills are SB168, to make it illegal to pay circulators on a per-signature basis; AB 481, to make all initiative circulators (volunteers and paid workers alike) wear buttons; and AB 651, to require elaborate paperwork for companies that hire paid circulators.
Which of the gerrymander gang MONSTERS in the CA Legislature are more EVIL/LUNATIC — the Donkeys or the Elephants ???
Will CA save civilization via P.R. and App.V. ???
Stay tuned. Certain folks on this list know what to do.
Richard, I’m sorry to say this, but your state is a lost cause for both Libertarians and Constitutionalists (AIP or not).
Socialism and bureaucracy are permanently entrenched in the state government and even in the mindset of the people. Thank God I don’t live in California anymore!
-I mean most Californians, of course
Hmmm. Even the once upon a time allegedly very powerful U.S.S.R. regime shattered in 1989-1991.
Any party hacks in CA able to detect certain basic economic points ???
i.e. NET taxpayers versus NET taxgetters.