Re:California green-lights initiative that is conspiracy the...
by dragonwriter on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @08:39PM
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> Why do we entertain such nonsense at taxpayer expense?
What is being allowed is signature gathering for a proposed ballot initiative.
The reason this is permitted is that the powers of initiative, referendum, and recall, all initiated by similar petitions, are fundamental rights under the California Constitution that represent basic limits in the delegation of the power of government from the people at large (who are, ultimately, the highest authority in the government of the state) to the elected and appointed bodies who they employ to handle the day-to-day work of governing.
All the overblown “greenlights” means is that they have been found to have filled out the paperwork for the initiative correctly, basically; it's not a judgement on substance, and it just means they can move forward to try to get it on the ballot.
What is being allowed is signature gathering for a proposed ballot initiative.
The reason this is permitted is that the powers of initiative, referendum, and recall, all initiated by similar petitions, are fundamental rights under the California Constitution that represent basic limits in the delegation of the power of government from the people at large (who are, ultimately, the highest authority in the government of the state) to the elected and appointed bodies who they employ to handle the day-to-day work of governing.
All the overblown “greenlights” means is that they have been found to have filled out the paperwork for the initiative correctly, basically; it's not a judgement on substance, and it just means they can move forward to try to get it on the ballot.