CA Prop 13 –> Oregon Prop 5
Oregon prop on eminent domain –> AZ eminent domain prop
CA Prop 8 —> AZ prop 102 and several more states…..
Colorado TABOR –> AZ Tabor ballot measure….
Oregon prop to raise any taxes requires a super majority —> AZ 2/3 majority vote to raise taxes…..

It goes on and on …..

I agree with BargainCountertenor, the process needs to be reformed. Not sure if a supermajority is the right fix, but that should surely be considered. Raising the proportion of registered voting population that needs to sign to qualify for the ballot might be another. In view of proposition 8, clarifying what can and cannot be done with one via ref/initiative is another thing that needs to be done (By my general principles, I think proposition 8 should be unconstitutional, but not sure about the technical legalities)

I am not sure how or whether it can be done, but banning big money corporate and consulting frim paid and prostituted signature campaigns for ballot qualification would be another good idea.

What happens in CA now with these things is not at all what Hiram Johnson had in mind.

And after all, given the shitty economy, ballot issues are one of the few potential ‘growth sectors’ out there these days.

California needs to fix its initiative process. A supermajority (say, 60% + 1) should be required for every citizen initiative. Fifty percent plus one is okay for referenda, but initiatives are so f***ed up that a hefty supermajority is the only way you can be sure the peepul won’t decide to make their arithmetic easier and vote to make pi = 3. Or they might decide that the Biblical thing to do is to make pi = 3 (somewhere in the temple specs there are circular planters referred to in a way that appears that the Jews of the era thought pi was 3).

The California constitution is a mess. You all need to have another ConCon, rewrite the damned thing, and fix the initiative.