Editorial Board | L.A. Times | Jan. 3, 2010
Californians have within their hands and their heads the power to lift their state out of the crisis that has gripped it for a generation. Voters are used to setting new courses here. They have done it in minor revolts and in electoral revolutions, but our current gridlock calls for more than just passing an initiative or recalling a governor. The state's political structure was established by and for earlier Californians, with different needs and different aspirations. It's time to redesign state government to suit the needs of the people who live here now. It's time for a constitutional convention.