California law specifies an unusually short amount of time to collect signatures to qualify an initiative for the ballot. This heavily advantages paid signature collection “California’s Initiative Circulation Period”
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The Strange Power of ‘Ecotopia’
California needs a new narrative, and you can write it. In “Could the ‘Ecotopia’ fantasy actually become reality?” columnist Dan Walters recently speculated that California, Washington, “The Strange Power of ‘Ecotopia’”
Prop 10 and Tax Increases by Majority Vote
The Legislature may, by majority vote, place tax increases before the voters which go towards promoting, supporting, and improving early childhood development from the prenatal stage to five years of age. These revenues are exempt from the Gann Limit and Prop 98.
Why We Shouldn’t Wait on Washington for Better Health Care
Let’s face it, health care in California is a mess. For the average person, buying insurance and accessing care is expensive and confusing. Small business “Why We Shouldn’t Wait on Washington for Better Health Care”
The Great Migration Myth
Tell me if you’ve heard this story before: thanks to sky-high housing costs, over-taxation, and/or failed liberal policies, Californians, especially the middle class, are fleeing “The Great Migration Myth”
The California taxpayer’s case for independence
On Tuesday afternoon, Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s office cleared the California Freedom Coalition’s initiative, “California Autonomy from Federal Government,” for circulation. If passed, it would direct “The California taxpayer’s case for independence”
Oh say can you sing… California’s State Song
Happy 4th of July! Today you’re almost certainly going to hear America’s national anthem, and maybe get a chance to sing it: O say can you “Oh say can you sing… California’s State Song”
Representation in the U.S. Senate (Map)
The area of each state on this map shows how much representation in the U.S. Senate the average resident gets. For example, the average Wyomingite “Representation in the U.S. Senate (Map)”
Speaker Rendon’s Bizarre Plan to Kick Single-Payer into the Initiative System
Last Friday, California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) announced that he was hitting the pause button on SB 562, a bill to establish a single-payer health “Speaker Rendon’s Bizarre Plan to Kick Single-Payer into the Initiative System”
What a real “Calexit” initiative looks like
In January, I wrote “What a model ‘Calexit’ initiative looks like,” which not only detailed all the problems with Yes California’s “independence plebiscite” initiative, but “What a real “Calexit” initiative looks like”