Citizen Initiatives Transform Oxnard Politics

By Edward Ring
12/09/2020
California’s ballot initiative process allows citizen activists to bypass politicians who are controlled by special interests. The ability for citizens today to connect and organize using online resources means it has never been easier for a determined group of individuals, without access to big donors, to nonetheless successfully qualify reform measures for the ballot and...

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Local and State Initiatives – The Future of Policy in California?

By Edward Ring
09/18/2019
Grassroots activists in California point to the initiative process as a potent and underutilized last resort, capable of ushering in sweeping reforms. They’re right, but the initiative process is equally available to California’s progressives, backed by powerful special interests. And while the activist reformers talk, the progressives act. How else does one explain the hundreds...

TAGS: Oxnard, pension reform, San Diego