The Gas Tax Repeal is in Trouble, But….
The most recent Public Policy Institute of California poll shows Proposition 6 has fallen behind with likely voters 52% no to 39% yes. On top of that, the $30 million campaign set to defeat the measure is kicking off. This is one measure that has the unusual coalition of big business and big labor on […]
California 2018 Initiative Editorial Scorecard
Below find the third issue of the 2018 California Initiative Editorial Scorecard. Forward Observer and Klink Campaigns developed the 2018 California Initiative Editorial Scorecard to keep track of editorials for and against the 11 statewide initiatives on this November’s ballot. We will update the scorecard weekly with ballot measure endorsements (pro and con) from the […]
Legislature and Governor to Crime Victims: Drop Dead
The utter disdain for crime victims by Governor Brown and the State Legislature has been apparent for some time now. Two bills signed into law this past week are punctuation points on that fact. SB 1391 will prohibit 14 and 15-year-old juveniles from being tried in adult court for a crime, even if it was […]
Do Ballot Initiatives Make You Happier?
Direct democracy makes communities happier. That’s the happy conclusion of research by Bruno S. Frey, of the Center for Research in Economics and Well-Being at the University of Basel, in Switzerland. Frey has been studying happiness for years. At the recent Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy in Rome, an event for which I served […]