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Budget Reform Measures Rejected
In the May 19 California Statewide Special Election voters overwhelmingly rejected five of the six budget reform measures put on the ballot by the Legislature following negotiations between the majority Democrats, the minority Republicans, and Governor Schwarzenegger to end last year's budget impasse.
Various reasons have been forwarded for the results: aversion to extending tax increases; flaws in the measures themselves; the complexity of the measures; and the belief that the Legislature and Governor should "do their jobs" and not rely on voters to work out budget problems. Of course, voters have often made themselves heard on budget matters, via the initiative process. In fact, two of the amend-ments, Props 1D and 1E, sought to reallocate funding that had been mandated by voters in previous ballot initiatives.
While the message was clear, it wasn't exactly loud. Voter turnout was extraordinarily low — just 23% of registered voters.
LWVMC Newsletter, The Voter
EXPLORE LOCAL ISSUES
- Healthcare Hit Hard by CA Budget Cuts
- Future of Marin General Hospital
- Marin Health and Wellness Center
- Marin municipalities planning housing
- What is a "housing element"?
- What is "affordable housing"?
- MMWD proposed rate hike of 7.3%
- NMWD purchases water to backfill Stafford Lake
- College of Marin hit hard by state budget woes
- School districts making cuts
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Future Water Supply for Marin (March 17)
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Events of Note
Jul 06 |
Action Meeting League water experts Don McEnhill and Anne Layzer talk about Marin water issues. |