Fox & Hound Ballot Measure Rankings – Top 5 Picks *Updated Today*

FOX & HOUNDS TAX RANKINGS
Week of February 21, 2012

Amending an initiative in California often means starting over. But amending initiative rankings? That’s much easier.

With that in mind, we’ve made a mid-course correction here at Fox & Hounds. There weren’t quite enough tax initiatives in play to make a Top 5 list lively, so we’ve opened up the rankings to initiatives of all kinds.

We’re judging these initiatives less on policy than on politics. Which seem to dominate the conversation? Which have money and momentum? And which seem most likely to make the ballot and pass? The rankings are subjective. Like the college football rankings, except ours don’t use any computer formulas or have a Southeastern Conference bias.

So here we go:

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Molly Munger income tax increase for school districts and debt; Death penalty abolition; Tom Steyer corporate tax change for renewable energy ($1 on street); Three strikes limits (75 cents on street); Greater penalties for human trafficking (75 cents on street).