Capitol Weekly Staff | Capitol Weekly | June 25, 2010
California’s November election, already a money-fueled slugfest, just got even more interesting: Nine statewide measures, including dueling initiatives that go to the heart of the state’s fiscal and political landscape, have qualified for the ballot.
More than half of the initiatives qualified on Thursday, the state-imposed deadline, during a nail-biting day for the rival campaigns. One controversial measure, which would have eased term limits by allowing lawmakers to serve up to 12 years in one house of the Legislature, failed to capture enough valid signatures of registered voters to qualify.