Initiative Process Worked This Time
Editorial, THE MODESTO BEE Somewhere Hiram Johnson is smiling. The California governor introduced the initiative as a reform tool, a way for the public to wrest power from railroads and other powerful...
View ArticleVoter Skepticism of Big Moneyed Interests Could Play Role in Fall Campaign
By Steven Harmon, CONTRA COSTA TIMES SACRAMENTO, CA — The big smackdown of big money in Tuesday’s primary might have big implications for the fall. The same level of skepticism that voters showed in...
View ArticleThe Real Ballot Initiatives Are Coming Up
By Tom Elias, THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE (CALIFORNIA) In the realm of California ballot initiatives, the preliminaries are over. Yes, some people cared deeply about the recently-passed Proposition...
View ArticleTake a Breath; November is Coming
Editorial, THE CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD Our view: There were a number of interesting elements to this primary election season. Some random thoughts on the election just completed: This was an unusual...
View ArticleCalifornians Turn Back PG&E and Mercury’s Attempt to Rewrite Laws for Their...
By David M. Greenwald, THE PEOPLE’S VANGUARD OF DAVIS A lot of people I think took for granted that given the amount of money that PG&E spent on Proposition 16, to essentially put public power out...
View ArticlePower Grabs Hit a Wall
By Michael Hiltzik, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES We may finally have discovered a remedy for corporate executives with more greed than brains: Let them invest corporate funds by the millions in California...
View ArticleCalifornia Voters Defeat Two Threats to Good Public Policy, Initiative Process
Editorial, THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE One of the most puzzling and troubling aspects of California elections is the abysmally low voter turnout even when voters have an opportunity to directly make important...
View ArticleCorporate Political Spending Curb Sought
Bill Comes in Wake of Propositions 16 and 17 By Matt Kawahara, THE SACRAMENTO BEE Democratic lawmakers took aim Monday at corporate political spending after businesses poured millions of dollars into...
View ArticleProps 16 and 17: The Defeat of Corporate Politics
By Robert Gammon, EAST BAY EXPRESS The voters’ rejection of two statewide ballot measures might convince large corporations to think twice before attempting to game California’s initiative process. Meg...
View ArticleThe Voters Who Did Show Up Got It Right
Editorial, THE VALLEJO TIMES HERALD (CALIFORNIA) One of the most puzzling and troubling aspects of California elections is the abysmally low voter turnout even when voters have an opportunity to...
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