Re:California once had mobile hospitals, ventilator stockpil...
by tathougies on Sunday March 29, 2020 @01:16AM
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Ah right, the fact that a democrat governor got rid of pandemic preparations made by a Republican one is the fault of republicans
Re:California once had mobile hospitals, ventilator stockpil...
by masonic on Sunday March 29, 2020 @03:23AM
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And for both terms, he had same-party control of both houses of the legislature the entire time.
Re:California once had mobile hospitals, ventilator stockpil...
by bsder on Sunday March 29, 2020 @05:03PM
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The budget required more than just simple majority control until California fixed that with a proposition.
If you wish to comment intelligently, you may need to research first.
Re:California once had mobile hospitals, ventilator stockpil...
by someguydave on Sunday March 29, 2020 @12:24AM
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Are you trying to make the case for single party rule here?
Re:California once had mobile hospitals, ventilator stockpil...
by dodobirdlord on Sunday March 29, 2020 @01:41AM
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California objectively seems to operate much better since Prop 25 excluded the minority party from having a say on the budget. The behavior in a two-party system of a minority party that knows it's going to be a minority party indefinitely is frequently to sabotage everything possible in hopes of making the ruling party's life difficult, or to make them look incompetent. Stripping them of power doesn't turn legislating into dictatorial rule by fiat, it just moves it into the consensus-building processes of the majority party. Two-party rules with a sidelined minority party looks a lot like a coalition government in a multi-party system.
Re:California once had mobile hospitals, ventilator stockpil...
by bsder on Sunday March 29, 2020 @05:02PM
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The jungle primaries actually make even that case better.
You don't have the case where some nitwit edges out a reasonable candidate in the primary and then wins the general simply because they have (D) or (R) next to their name.
In California's case, if we send two Democrats to the general election, the Republicans get to weigh in on which they find more acceptable. It forces the candidates to the actual center.
It would work that way for two Republican candidates as well, but a whole host of Republicans simply quit after we un-gerrymandered the state.
California should have reestablished this later, though. Unfortunately, everybody forgets once the crisis is gone.