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Measures on pot, pollution trail in Field Poll
Voters are poised to reject a ballot measure to legalize adults' recreational use of marijuana in California and another that would suspend the state's landmark greenhouse gas reduction law, according to a Field Poll of to be released today. The poll, which also shows that likely November voters strongly support a measure to make it easier for the Legislature to pass a budget, marks a key starting point for the final months of campaigning.
The State’s Green Ways Are Under Attack
Californians, and especially politically liberal Northern Californians, take a lot of pride in the state’s history of aggressive environmental regulation. This is the state whose air-quality initiatives all but invented automobile emissions controls. It is a place where the high-tech industry supports stringent pollution rules, pointing to the thousands of jobs being created in the solar power business as an example of how a tech-driven industry can lead an economic renaissance — and offer cleaner air, too.
Electronic petition signature-gathering off to a shaky start
A Silicon Valley startup is looking to give the clipboard-and-paper strategy for collecting petition signatures a 21st century makeover. Verafirma is promoting technology to collect and verify signatures for initiative petitions using smart phone devices, such as iPhones and Google Droids, iPod Touches and computers.
Little-known June ballot measure could alter state political landscape
Toward the end of the June primary ballot, voters will be asked to weigh in on Proposition 15, a measure that has gotten little attention but could transform the landscape of California politics. Proposition 15 has a seemingly modest goal: a pilot program that would make the 2014 and 2018 secretary of state elections publicly financed and ask candidates to forgo political contributions and adhere to strict spending limits.
Oil companies funding ballot initiative to delay enforcement of AB 32
Voters may soon have an opportunity to decide whether to suspend enforcement of California's clean energy law until the state's economy recovers. Passed in 2006, Assembly Bill 32 directs the California Air Resources Board to design and enforce regulations that will reduce emissions and curb global warming.
Oil companies funding ballot initiative to delay enforcement of AB 32
Voters may soon have an opportunity to decide whether to suspend enforcement of California's clean energy law until the state's economy recovers. Passed in 2006, Assembly Bill 32 directs the California Air Resources Board to design and enforce regulations that will reduce emissions and curb global warming. If passed by voters in November, the California Jobs Initiative would suspend AB 32 until the state's unemployment rate drops below 5.5 percent for four consecutive quarters.
Judge rules on open-primary ballot measure
A Sacramento County Superior Court judge has altered the language of California's open-primary ballot measure after a last-minute push by its opponents.
Lawsuits fly over insurance ballot initiative
A legal battle intensified today over the language of a ballot initiative on auto insurance discounts. Well-known consumer advocate Harvey Rosenfield, an opponent of Proposition 17, sued in Sacramento Superior Court today.
Ballot measure targets Calif. climate-change law
Supporters of an effort to suspend California's landmark greenhouse gas law are now able to collect signatures to get a measure on the statewide ballot, officials said.
2010 gay marriage vote unlikely in California
It's looking less likely that California voters will take up the issue of gay marriage in 2010.
