Honestly I find it so pathetic because democrats control all levers of government in california and they kinda just let this happen? How did they not see this coming over the past decades? They knew they had this system of propositions and no one thought "gee maybe we should enact some reforms so a corporation doesn't exploit our system of citizen propositions"
I hate the Democrats but there isn't a lot they can do in this case. The problem is money in politics and the supreme court has ruled against spending limits for the last 40 years. Obviously this gets even worse with citizen initiatives but it is what it is.
That said, I think Democrats only passed that law because they figured it'd get defeated at the ballot and they can walk with their hands clean "Well, the people have spoken!".
Honestly I find it so pathetic because democrats control all levers of government in california and they kinda just let this happen? How did they not see this coming over the past decades? They knew they had this system of propositions and no one thought "gee maybe we should enact some reforms so a corporation doesn't exploit our system of citizen propositions"
I hate the Democrats but there isn't a lot they can do in this case. The problem is money in politics and the supreme court has ruled against spending limits for the last 40 years. Obviously this gets even worse with citizen initiatives but it is what it is.
That said, I think Democrats only passed that law because they figured it'd get defeated at the ballot and they can walk with their hands clean "Well, the people have spoken!".