RebootCA.org - Rebooting California: Initiatives, Conventions & Government Reform. A Symposium on September 24, 2010.

Rebooting California: Initiatives, Conventions & Government Reform

September 24, 2010
at Loyola Law School's downtown Los Angeles Campus

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to explore the law and policies of Constitutional Reform for California
and a possible Constitutional Convention

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Multimedia Center (includes video interviews with organizers Professor Karl Manheim and Adjunct Professors John Caragozian and Don Warner)

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Ballot Measures on Government Reform

November 2, 2010

Proposition 20 - Redistricting of Congressional Districts
Proposition 22 - Prohibits state from taking/borrowing tax funds dedicated to local government, transportation and redevelopment.
Proposition 25 - Eliminates Two-Thirds Vote Requirement to Pass State Budget
Proposition 26 - Two-Thirds Vote Requirement for State Levies / Charges
Proposition 27 - Eliminates State Commission on Redistricting
Other November Ballot Measures
Official Voter Information Guide for Nov. 2 General Election

June 8, 2010

Proposition 14 - Top Two Primary Election [passed 54% - 46%]
Proposition 15 - Repeals Ban on Public Campaign Funding [rejected 43% - 57%]
Other June Ballot Measures

In Circulation

09-0098 - Changes State Budget Process
09-0100 /09-0101 - Requires Voter Approval for State Taxes
10-0001 - Rewrites the Entire State Constitution
10-0007 - Reestablishes State Commission on Redistricting
Other Initiatives in Circulation

Did Not Qualify in 2010

Citizens' Constitutional Convention Act (Measure 09-0066)
The Call for a Citizens Limited Constitutional Convention (Measure 09-0067)
Article 36 (Measure 09-0018) ::::: Article 37 (Measure 09-0019)
Other Initiatives Failing to Qualify

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California Constitutions

Current California Constitution (Search)

Article II
Voting, Initiative and Referendum
§ 1. All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for their protection, security, and benefit, and they have the right to alter or reform it when the public good may require.

Article XVIII
Amending and Revising the Constitution
§ 2. The Legislature by rollcall vote entered in the journal, two-thirds of the membership of each house concurring, may submit at a general election the question whether to call a convention to revise the Constitution. If the majority vote yes on that question, within 6 months the Legislature shall provide for the convention. Delegates to a constitutional convention shall be voters elected from districts as nearly equal in population as may be practicable.