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Taylor Swift, the Prop 50 Ballot Label and the 2026 Elections

September 3, 2025 11:13 amSeptember 3, 2025 2:06 pm

Reading about the fanatical response to the engagement of singer Taylor Swift to football player Travis Kelce strangely brought back a memory of a panel discussion I participated in about 15 years ago on California’s initiative process. It also got...

Say No to Proposition 50

August 29, 2025 3:30 amAugust 29, 2025 10:23 am

Beware of ethically challenged and desperate politicians’ efforts to use the electorate as pawns in their relentless quest for power. Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta and loyal party leaders have moved with haste to put a redistricting...

Thoughts on the Lawsuit Against Prop. 50

August 27, 2025 2:20 pmAugust 27, 2025 2:24 pm

As I have been asked about my thoughts regarding the legislative process challenges to the redistricting legislative package, I prepared this brief article in response. Being the legislative geek that I am, as well as teaching the course “Lawmaking in...

Redistricting’s Prop 50 is a Shameful, Power-Grabbing Unconstitutional Scheme

August 26, 2025 3:00 amAugust 27, 2025 8:13 am

If the latest power-grabbing action from Governor Newsom and the California state legislature does indeed go forward this November, we must stand firmly against the proposition, now known as Prop 50. This proposal is a blatant attack on the democratic...