Ballot Initiatives

Perfect Storm 2010?

Robert Hertzberg | Posted 12.14.2009 | Los Angeles


Robert Hertzberg

A sour economy, political gridlock and year upon year of sagging budget revenues are threatening to combine into a perfect initiative storm that could hit California next November.

Tea Baggers Get Kicked Where It Hurts

Kristina Wilfore | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


Kristina Wilfore

Out of all of the election results from yesterday, the anti-tax ballot measures in Maine and Washington (known as TABOR) provide a better political tea leaf into voter attitudes going into the 2010 election cycle than anything else.

Why the California Court's Decision Is Good for Gay Marriage

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics


Aaron Zelinsky

We should view the California court not as opposing gay marriage, but rather as promoting public deliberation and democratic action on the subject of equal rights.

Cal Prop 2 (Farm Animal Confinement) Interview

Jonathan Handel | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics


Jonathan Handel

Learn more about California Proposition 2, regarding cruel confinement of farm animals. Check out my interview with a representative from the Yes on 2 campaign.

Torture in the Henhouse

Jonathan Handel | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics


Jonathan Handel

Prop 2 would not require that animals be free range -- but would grant farm animals the ability to move about, even while caged, is just basic decency.

It's Wrong to Count People Who Don't Vote

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics


Michael Markarian

People who have died or moved and are still on the voter rolls.

Ward Connerly Cashes In: Profiteering exposed by...The American Conservative!

Kristina Wilfore | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics


Kristina Wilfore

Ward Connerly, the California lobbyist who has been running a divisive, multi-million dollar campaign to outlaw equal opportunity programs across the ...