California government is unusual because the initiative process allows ordinary voters to make law. But ironically, big donors often dominate the initiative process because interest groups, corporations and wealthy individuals can donate unlimited funds to support or oppose state ballot measures.
We are at a critical crossroads. That's why Next 10, Stanford University's Bill Lane Center for the American West in conjunction with the Institute of Governmental Studies at University of California, Berkeley, and the Center for California Studies at Sacramento State, have launched a website to help voters get the information they need to vote wisely.
It is our hope that the people of California, not the special interests, will decide the outcomes of these important measures