David Crary
See brief summaries of the measures on CalChamber Alert. Initiative Coalitions When the legislative process fails, pro-business and anti-business forces turn to the initiative process to take proposals directly to California voters. The California Chamber of Commerce has led the charge on behalf of...
California’s battle with climate change comes to the ballot in the form of a $10 billion bond to fund water, wildfire, and energy projects. There are two big bond measures on the ballot and some working to pass them quietly worry they might be competing against one another. ...
Newsom has argued he can oppose both new taxes and ballot measures he says would hamstring state and local governments from raising taxes in a time of crisis. Removing a measure from the ballot before an election is rare, but not unprecedented in California. In 1999, the c...
Several amendments and measures on the Nov. 5 ballot will affect how the city and county of Los Angeles operate. Here's what voters should know.
Each of the shortest ballot titles had five words. There are three measures with five-word ballot titles:California Proposition 32,Florida Amendment 2, andFlorida Amendment 3. To read the full report, please clickhere. About Ballotpedia
Voters across the U.S. West granted efforts to combat climate change resounding wins in state- and local-level ballot measures, amid expectations that President-elect Trump’s administration willroll backfederal environmental protections. California ...
The court instructed the California Secretary of State to refrain from placing the TPA measure on the ballot in November. It is a rare move for the court, which does not often remove measures put on the ballot for voters. The decision waswelcomed by Newsom, who joined forces with state law...
The proposal would put more than 100 local measures, totaling $2 billion in annual funding, at risk, said Carolyn Coleman, CEO of the League of California Cities. It opposes the measure, alongside firefighters and teachers unions, calling it “deceptive” and...
Kamala Harris won California by a solid margin, no surprises there. But, the Golden State’s reputation as a bastion of liberalism may be called into question. Many left-leaning California ballot measures failed.Mackenzie Mays covers state government for the L.A. Times wrote about whether this...