California gears up for blockbuster year of ballot measures

[RandySF]

Existential battles over the cash bail industry and gig work titans like Uber and Lyft. Historic opportunities for voters to reconsider affirmative action and long-inviolable property tax limits. New rounds in recurring fights over rent control and kidney dialysis. A criminal justice redo that overlaps with a national reckoning over policing.

There’s no shortage of consequential measures on California’s 2020 ballot, with campaigns poised to collectively shatter past spending limits during a high-turnout presidential election — although the pandemic has scrambled that equation. From the key players to the critical political context, here’s POLITICO’s guide for what you need to know to make informed decisions in November.



https://www.politico.com/interactives/2020/california-november-ballot/

[Journeyman]

1. Thanks for posting . . .

It's going to be a busy year.

[stopbush]

2. I hate these public initiatives in CA. 80% of them come from RW groups

looking to gain some of the power they don’t have in the legislature. Voters don’t read the proposed initiatives and vote by how beneficial the title of the initiative sounds. That leads to passing initiatives that do the opposite of what one imagines they do.

I say let the legislature legislate. That’s representative government.