CA Voters Want To Slow Growth

3 October 2000 - 9:00am

The process of initiative and referendum is California’s most peculiar institution. William Fulton explains why.

The process of initiative and referendum is California’s most peculiar institution. Other states rely on their legislators or other elected officials to hash out controversial public issues in lengthy, complicated and subtle debates. But Californians prefer the blunt instrument of the ballot box — a simple thumbs-up or thumbs-down from voters.

Source: California Planning and Development Report, October 1, 2000
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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.