NEW: CA GOP Going to Elephant Graveyard? CalWatchdog, Jan. 17, 2012
... of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. “Democrats lied. Voters have no trust because of SB 202, the bill gutted and amended at the end of the 2011 legislative session, and rushed through for passage by Democratic Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg that monke ...
Laying down the laws Sacramento Bee, Jan. 1, 2012
... r registration applications via computer. (Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco)November ballot measuresSB 202 restricts ballot initiatives and referendums to the November ballot, when turnout tends to be higher and more advantageous to Democrats. (Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley)New ci ...
California 745 new laws cover everything from soup to tanning beds Ventura County Star, Dec. 31, 2011
... rbank, makes it a crime to trick seniors into voting in ways in which they did not intend. • SB 202 by Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, requires that all ballot initiatives be placed only on November general election ballots. ENVIRONMENT • AB 900 by Assemblywoman Joan ...
Opinion: The time has come to make the initiative process better Capitol Weekly, Oct. 20, 2011
... decisions on initiative measures are reflective of the entire population of California, I supported SB 202 by Sen. Loni Hancock. That bill provides that, in the future, initiative and referendum measures no longer will appear on the statewide ballot at primary elections. Instead ...
Opponents given OK to gather signatures to overturn initiatives measure L.A. Daily News, Oct. 17, 2011
... ction -- must be submitted by Jan. 5 to qualify the referendum for the ballot. Opponents have said SB 202 curbs the public's right to participate in the initiative process. The way it passed the Legislature -- through a process known as gut-and-amend -- also drew criticism. "SB ...
Last-minute 'gut and amend' laws bypass scrutiny in California Sacramento Bee, Oct. 17, 2011
... 6 a.m."I'm going to vote yes on this bill, but I'm absolutely not happy about it," Lieu said before SB 202 cleared the Senate on a nearly party-line vote.The governor said last week that he would "like to see things earlier in the process," but that he didn't view gut-and-amend bi ...
A.M. Reading: Rewritten bill favors labor; NY avoids layoffs; the Long Beach pension model Sacramento Bee - The State Worker, Oct. 17, 2011
... litical proposal to change the state's election laws in ways that will favor Democrats in 2012. ... SB 202 delays a vote on the rainy-day fund until 2014 and moves initiatives, including the paycheck measure unions oppose, to the November ballot, when Democratic turnout will likel ...
Gov. Brown double crosses Republicans on SB202 San Francisco Chronicle - Opinion, Oct. 11, 2011
... Printable version: Gov. Brown double crosses Republicans on SB202 Article:Gov. Brown double crosses Republicans on SB202:/c/a/2011/10/10/ED5H1LFOQJ.DTL Article:Gov. Brown double crosses Republicans on SB202:/c/a/2011/10/10/ED5H1LFOQJ.DTL advertisement | your ad here Back to ...
At 100, California Direct Democracy Gets Facelift KCRA 3, Oct. 10, 2011
... ss and discuss the potential impact of legislation recently signed by Gov. Jerry Brown.Brown signed SB 202 by Democratic Sen. Loni Hancock of Berkeley on Friday. The law moves all statewide initiatives and referendums to November general elections ballots. Previously, such votes a ...
Brown's flurry of law signing will anger cyclists, GOP, but please sharks Los Angeles Times, Oct. 8, 2011
... t after July 1 of this year must be decided in the next general election, according to the measure, SB 202, by Sen. Loni Hancock (D-Berkeley). The governor defended his position, citing figures showing that more voters participate in general elections than primaries. "The idea of ...
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